13TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS BRIDGET & MAURA; ST HENRY
THE EMPEROR; ST SILAS OR SILVANUS; ST FRANCIS SOLANO; & ST EUGENIUS OF CARTHAGE." |
| 13TH |
1568 |
THE DEAN OF ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL PERFECTS A WAY TO BOTTLE
BEER. |
| 13TH |
1793 |
"JEAN-PAUL MARAT" FRENCH
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER, WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN HIS BATH BY "CHARLOTTE CORDAY." |
| 13TH |
1836 |
U.S. PATENT #1 FOR LOCOMOTIVE WHEELS AFTER 9,957 OTHER
UNNUMBERED PATENTS. |
| 13TH |
1837 |
"KING WILLIAM" APPROVES
NAMING THE CITY OF ADELAIDE AFTER HIS QUEEN. |
| 13TH |
1863 |
AN ANTI-DRAUGHT MOB LYNCH BLACKS IN NEW YORK CITY; ABOUT
1,000 DIE. |
| 13TH |
1882 |
200 DIE AS A TRAIN DERAILS NEAR
TEHERNY, RUSSIA. |
| 13TH |
1882 |
GOLD IS FOUND AT MOUNT MORGAN, QUEENSLAND. |
| 13TH |
1888 |
THE STAR OF GREECE WAS WRECKED
NEAR WILLUNGA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WITH THE LOSS OF 17 LIVES. |
| 13TH |
1898 |
"GUGLIELMO MARCONI" PATENTS THE RADIO. |
| 13TH |
1908 |
THE 4TH MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN
LONDON. |
| 13TH |
1930 |
THE WORLD FOOTBALL CUP WAS FIRST HELD IN URUGUAY & WON BY
THAT COUNTRY. |
| 13TH |
1955 |
THE 15th AND LAST WOMAN TO BE EXECUTED
IN BRITAIN, "RUTH ELLIS" WHO SHOT HER RACING DRIVER BOYFRIEND DEAD ON 10th APRIL
1955, WHILE SHE WAS IN A DRUNKEN RAGE, WAS HANGED; THE HANGMAN WAS "ALBERT
PIERPOINT." |
| 13TH |
1966 |
2ND MARRIAGE FOR ACTRESS, "BRIGITTE BARDOT, WHEN SHE
MARRIES GERMAN MILLIONAIRE, "GUNTER SACHS." |
| 13TH |
1967 |
BRITISH WORLD CYCLING CHAMPION
"TOM SIMPSON" COLLAPSED AND DIED DURING ‘TOUR DE FRANCE,’ CYCLE RACE. |
| 13TH |
1972 |
A PIPER NAVAJO PA 31 CRASH IN ADELAIDE KILLS 8 PEOPLE. |
| 13TH |
1977 |
NEW YORK CITY IS BLACKED OUT FOR 25
HOURS. |
| 13TH |
1978 |
BBC BANS THE SEX PISTOLS "NO ONE IS INNOCENT." |
| 13TH |
1978 |
"WALTER POENISCH" COMPLETES A
SWIM OF 207KM FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA. |
| 13TH |
1985 |
1.5 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WATCHED THE "LIVE
AID" CONCERT, PERFORMED IN LONDON, PHILADELPHIA, MOSCOW AND SYDNEY RAISE $100 MILLION
FOR FAMINE RELIEF IN AFRICA. |
| 13TH |
1987 |
U.S. FEDERAL JUDGE THROWS OUT
"BETTE MIDLER’S" $10 MILLION SUIT AGAINST FORD MOTOR COMPANY WHO USED A
SOUND-ALIKE VOICE IN ONE OF THEIR TV COMMERCIALS. |
| 13TH |
1996 |
THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES HE WILL OPEN THE LODGE TO THE
PUBLIC AFTER A THREE YEAR CLOSURE. |
| 13TH |
1997 |
DURING DEMOLITION, AN IMPLOSION AT
CANBERRA HOSPITAL GOES WRONG WITH PARTS OF THE BUILDING BEING BLOWN ACROSS LAKE BURLEY
GRIFFIN, KILLING A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL, "KATIE BENDER," AND INJURING 9 OTHER
PEOPLE. |
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