12TH
JULY
ORANGEMAN’S DAY IN NORTHERN IRELAND.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JOHN THE IBERIAN; ST JASON;
SAINTS HERMAGORAS & FORTUNATUS; ST JOHN GUALBERT; ST JOHN JONES; ST VERONICA; & ST
FELIX." |
| 12TH |
526 |
"ST FELIX IV" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 12TH |
1290 |
"KING EDWARD I" EXPELLS ALL
JEWS FROM ENGLAND. |
| 12TH |
1543 |
"KING HENRY VIII" MARRIED "CATHERINE
PARR," HIS SIXTH & LAST WIFE AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE. |
| 12TH |
1794 |
HORATIO NELSON LOST HIS RIGHT EYE AT
THE SIEGE OF CALVI, IN CORSICA. |
| 12TH |
1812 |
U.S. FORCES LED BY "GENERAL HULL" INVADE CANADA. |
| 12TH |
1817 |
THE FIRST FLOWER SHOW IS HELD,
DANNYBROOK, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND. |
| 12TH |
1858 |
"SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ADVERTISER" IS FIRST PUBLISHED IN
ADELAIDE. IT WAS RE-NAMED THE "ADVERTISER" ON 3-3-1899. |
| 12TH |
1859 |
PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING MACHINE IS
PATENTED BY "WILLIAM GOODALE" OF MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 12TH |
1866 |
62 DIE WHEN THE PS CAWARRA SANK WHILE TRYING TO ENTER
NEWCASTLE HARBOUR. |
| 12TH |
1869 |
FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF
‘ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR’ AT LOYAL ORANGE LODGE CEREMONY IN SYDNEY. |
| 12TH |
1899 |
THE CARLISLE CASTLE SINKS NEAR ROCKINGHAM, W.A.,
CLAIMING 11 LIVES. |
| 12TH |
1902 |
AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES THE
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT AND GIVES WOMEN VOTING RIGHTS. |
| 12TH |
1909 |
5 SURVIVORS FROM THE NORWEGIAN BARQUE ERROL ARE
RESCUED AFTER THEIR SHIP WAS WRECKED ON MIDDLETON REEF, IN THE TASMAN SEA. 17 MEN HAD DIED
OF STARVATION. |
| 12TH |
1910 |
‘CHARLES STEWART ROLLS,’
AVIATOR AND FOUNDER OF ROLLS-ROYCE, BECOMES BRITAINS FIRST AVIATION VICTIM WHEN HE CRASHES
HIS ‘WRIGHT’ BI-PLANE. |
| 12TH |
1918 |
ARTIST, "PABLO PICASSO" MARRIES BALLERINA,
"OLGA KOKLOVA" THEY HAD A SON "PAUL" BORN IN 1921, BEFORE SEPARATING
IN 1935. ("PICASSO" HAD A DAUGHTER "MAIA" TO HIS MISTRESS,
"MARIE THERESE WALTER" IN 1935;
HE THEN MET "FRANCOISE GILOT" WITH WHOM HE HAD 2 CHILDREN, "CLAUDE &
PALOMA" SHE LEFT HIM IN 1953) |
| 12TH |
1920 |
U.S. PRESIDENT WILSON OPENS THE PANAMA
CANAL. |
| 12TH |
1921 |
AVIATOR "HARRY HAWKER" WAS KILLED WHILE TESTING A NIEUPORT
GOSHAWK AT HENDON, ENGLAND. |
| 12TH |
1930 |
DON BRADMAN SCORED 334 RUNS IN ONE DAY
AGAINST ENGLAND AT LEEDS. |
| 12TH |
1948 |
SIX RAF de HAVILLAND VAMPIRES ARE THE FIRST JETS TO
FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. |
| 12TH |
1950 |
THE INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS
FEDERATION RE-ADMITS GERMANY & JAPAN TO THE DAVIS CUP.
POLAND & HUNGARY WITHDREW. |
| 12TH |
1954 |
LARGE DEPOSIT OF URANIUM IS DISCOVERED AT MAY KATHLEEN,
QUEENSLAND. |
| 12TH |
1962 |
THE POP GROUP "THE ROLLIN’
STONES" LATER TO BECOME KNOWN AS "THE ROLLING STONES" MADE THEIR DEBUT IN
SOHO, LONDON AT THE ‘MARQUE CLUB.’ |
| 12TH |
1970 |
"THOR HEYERDAHL" & HIS CREW CROSSED THE
ATLANTIC IN 57 DAYS IN A PAPYRUS BOAT. |
| 12TH |
1991 |
THE JAPANESE TRANSLATOR OF "SALMAN
RUSHDIE’S" SATANIC VERSES, "HITOSHI IGARASHI" IS FOUND STABBED TO
DEATH IN TOKYO. |
| 12TH |
1996 |
PORT ARTHUR GUNMAN, "MARTIN BRYANT" ALLEGEDLY
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN PRISON. |
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