15TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST SWITHIN; ST ATHANASIUS OF NAPLES;
ST BONAVENTURE; ST DONALD; ST EDITH OF POLESWORTH; ST BARHADBESABA; ST DAVID OF MUNKTORP;
ST VLADIMIR OF KIEV; & ST POMPILIO PIRROTTI." |
| 15TH |
1520 |
"KING HENRY VIII" OF ENGLAND ORDERS BOWLING LANES
AT WHITEHALL. |
| 15TH |
1795 |
THE ‘MARSEILLAISE’ WRITTEN BY
‘ROUGET de LISLE’ IN 1792 IS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED AS FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM. |
| 15TH |
1815 |
"NAPOLEON BONAPARTE" IS CAPTURED BY THE PRUSSIANS. |
| 15TH |
1823 |
THE CHURCH KNOWN AS "ST.
PAUL’S OUTSIDE THE WALLS" WHICH WAS ERECTED IN 324ad BY THE ROMAN EMPEROR,
"CONSTANTINE" WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. |
| 15TH |
1846 |
"DR. WILLIAM THOMAS GREEN MORTON" FIRST PUBLIC USE
OF ETHER. |
| 15TH |
1847 |
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL (LATER ST PETERS
COLLEGE) OPENS IN TRINITY CHURCH, ADELAIDE. |
| 15TH |
1869 |
MARGARINE WAS PATENTED BY "HIPPOLYTE MEGE-MOURIES"
IN PARIS. |
| 15TH |
1877 |
PADDLE STEAMER YARRA YARRA SINKS
IN A GALE OFF NEWCASTLE, NSW, WITH THE LOSS OF ALL HANDS. |
| 15TH |
1878 |
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY INCORPORATED. |
| 15TH |
1888 |
BANDAI VOLCANO, JAPAN, ERUPTS FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN 1,000 YEARS. |
| 15TH |
1912 |
THE "COMMONWEALTH BANK" OPENS AS A SAVINGS BANK. |
| 15TH |
1912 |
BRITISH NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT
GOES INTO EFFECT. |
| 15TH |
1916 |
"BOEING CO" ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "PACIFIC AERO
PRODUCTS" IS FOUNDED IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON BY "WILLIAM BOEING." |
| 15TH |
1922 |
THE FIRST DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS TO GO ON
DISPLAY IN THE U.S. IS EXHIBITED AT NEW YORK ZOO. |
| 15TH |
1940 |
"ROBERT WADLOW" THE WORLD’S TALLEST MAN
(8’11.1") DIES AGE 32. |
| 15TH |
1941 |
"FLOREY" &
"HEATLEY" PRESENT FREEZE DRIED MOULD CULTURES. (PENICILLIN) |
| 15TH |
1948 |
THE LONDON CHAPTER OF ‘ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS’ IS
FOUNDED. |
| 15TH |
1949 |
BILLY GRAHAM BEGINS HIS MINISTRY. |
| 15TH |
1953 |
PREMIERE OF "MARILYN MONROE" FILM "GENTLEMAN
PREFER BLONDES." |
| 15TH |
1954 |
THE FIRST COMMERCIAL JET TRANSPORT
PLANE (BOEING 707) IN THE U.S. IS TESTED. |
| 15TH |
1958 |
"JULIA LENNON" MOTHER OF BEATLE, "JOHN,"
IS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. |
| 15TH |
1964 |
"CRAIG BREEDLOVE" SETS AN
AUTO SPEED RECORD OF 846.97 KPH. |
| 15TH |
1964 |
THE "AUSTRALIAN" NEWSPAPER IS PUBLISHED FOR THE
FIRST TIME. |
| 15TH |
1965 |
U.S. MARINER TRANSMITS FIRST CLOSE-UP
PICTURES OF MARS BACK TO EARTH. |
| 15TH |
1973 |
"KINKS" SINGER, GUITARIST, "RAY DAVIES"
ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE GROUP & THEN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. |
| 15TH |
1975 |
AMERICAS, ‘APOLLO 18’ AND THE
SOVIET UNION, ‘SOYUZ 19’ SPACECRAFT BLAST INTO ORBIT FOR A SPACE RENDEZVOUS. |
| 15TH |
1977 |
ANTI-DRUGS CAMPAIGNER "DONALD McKAY" DISAPPEARS,
PRESUMED MURDERED, AT GRIFFITH, NSW. |
| 15TH |
1981 |
U.S. SINGER, "HARRY CHAPIN"
39, DIED OF A HEART ATTACK WHEN HIS CAR IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. |
| 15TH |
1983 |
U.S. MARINE SHARPSHOOTERS KILL 5 SNIPERS AT BEIRUT
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
| 15TH |
1985 |
THE SHUTTLE ‘COLUMBIA’ CARRIES
‘SPACELAB’ INTO ORBIT. |
| 15TH |
1989 |
U.S. EVANGELIST, "BILLY GRAHAM" IS GIVEN THE
1,900TH STAR ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD. |
| 15TH |
1995 |
"SHELLEY TAYLOR-SMITH" SWIMS
48 km, IN 5hrs 45mins 25secs, AROUND MANHATTAN. |
| 15TH |
1996 |
A LONDON COURT GRANTS A DIVORCE TO "PRINCE CHARLES"
AND THE "PRINCESS OF WALES." |
| 15TH |
1996 |
EIGHT BRIDLED NAILTAIL WALLABIES,
LISTED AS ENDANGERED, ARE FOUND DEAD AFTER THEY WERE TRANSPORTED FROM QUEENSLAND TO THE
WESTERN PLAINS ZOO, DUBBO. |
| 15TH |
1997 |
FOUR AUSTRALIANS, TEN PIN BOWLERS, ‘YETTY BENNETT
50,’ AND ‘GREG SMITH 37,’ BOTH OF SYDNEY, DIED; BRIDGE PLAYER
"ELIZABETH SAWICKI 47," OF MELBOURNE DIES ON THE 26th JULY AND LAWNS BOWLING
REPRESENTATIVE ‘WARREN ZINES, 56’ OF SYDNEY, DIED ON 10th AUGUST, FROM INJURIES
WHEN A TEMPORARY BRIDGE COLLAPSES AT THE "MACCABIAH GAMES," (JEWISH OLYMPIC
GAMES) IN ISRAEL TODAY. |
| 15TH |
1997 |
FASHION DESIGNER TO THE STARS,
‘GIANNI VERSACE’ AGED 50, IS FATALLY WOUNDED WHEN HE IS GUNNED DOWN FROM BEHIND
IN MIAMI, USA. |
| 15TH |
1998 |
‘AEROSMITH’ DRUMMER "JOEY KRAMER"
NARROWLY ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY, WHEN HIS FERRARI CONVERTIBLE WAS DESTROYED WHEN A LEAK IN
A FUEL HOSE CAUSED A FIRE IN SCITUATE, MASSACHUSETTS. HE SUFFERED BURNS TO HIS HANDS,
ARMS, & ONE LEG. |
| 15TH |
1999 |
A BOMB BLAST ROCKS THE NEWLY
ACQUIRED HEADQUARTERS OF THE "REBELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB" IN CHIEF STREET, BROMPTON,
ADELAIDE, AT 12.48am. THE ADJACENT
"GASLIGHT HOTEL" SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE, & DOZENS OF HOMES HAD WINDOWS
BROKEN. |
| 15TH |
2000 |
DOWN SYNDROME GYMNAST, "THERESE GARTON" STOLE THE
HEARTS OF PEOPLE IN ADELAIDE AS SHE PROUDLY CARRIED THE OLYMPIC TORCH TO LIGHT THE
CAULDRON IN THE CITY OF ADELAIDE. |
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