21st
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF BELGIUM
FEAST DAY OF
"ST LAURENCE OF BRINSDISI; ST VICTOR
OF MARSEILLES; ST ARBOGASTES; & ST PRAXEDES." |
| 21ST |
230 |
"ST. PONTIANUS" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 21ST |
1873 |
"JESSE JAMES" HOLDS UP HIS
FIRST TRAIN. |
| 21ST |
1898 |
"SYDNEY MARKETS" OPEN IN QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING,
GEORGE ST, SYDNEY. |
| 21ST |
1904 |
"CAMILLE JENATZY" SETS WORLD
AUTOMOBILE SPEED RECORD AT 69.79mph. |
| 21ST |
1904 |
A P& O PASSENGER LINER RAN AGROUND AT PORT PHILLIP DUE TO
THE PILOT’S ILL HEALTH. |
| 21ST |
1930 |
"L.H.B. LASSETER" LEAVES
ALICE SPRINGS WITH AN EXPEDITION TO A RICH GOLD REEF HE CLAIMS EXISTS. HE SPLIT THE PARTY WENT ON ALONE & DID NOT RETURN.
HIS REMAINS & DIARIES ARE FOUND IN MAY 1931. |
| 21ST |
1955 |
‘SEAWOLF’ THE FIRST SUBMARINE POWERED BY
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTOR IS LAUNCHED. |
| 21ST |
1969 |
U.S. APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS "NEIL
ARMSTRONG & EDWIN ALDRIN" BLAST OFF THE MOON SURFACE AFTER MAN’S FIRST LUNAR
LANDING. |
| 21ST |
1975 |
AFTER IT’S SPACE RENDEZVOUS WITH THE US APOLLO CRAFT,
SOVIET SOYUZ LANDS SAFELY IN SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA. |
| 21ST |
1978 |
AN 80kg ST BERNARD DOG, PULLS A 2,909kg
LOAD 27 METRES. |
| 21ST |
1981 |
WOMEN’S TENNIS GREAT, "MARTINA NAVRATILOVA"
GAINS U.S. CITIZENSHIP. |
| 21ST |
1985 |
THE JEHOVIAS WITNESS HALL AT CASULA,
SYDNEY, IS ROCKED BY A BOMB BLAST, WHICH KILLS ONE MAN & INJURES 48 OTHER CHURCHGOERS. |
| 21ST |
1988 |
THE SYDNEY TO DARLING HARBOUR MONO-RAIL OPENS. |
| 21ST |
1991 |
THE GREEK OIL TANKER KIRKI BREAKS OPEN
OFF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
| 21ST |
1996 |
"MICHELLE SMITH" WINS THREE GOLD AND 1 BRONZE
MEDALS IN SWIMMING AT THE ATLANTIC OLYMPIC GAMES; THE FIRST EVER MEDAL TO AN IRISH WOMAN. |
| 21ST |
1996 |
"JESSE JACKSON" MEETS
PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADER "MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI," IN INDONESIA, & VISITS
FACTORIES MAKING SPORTSWEAR FOR U.S. USING CHILD SLAVE LABOUR. |
| 21ST |
1998 |
DESIGNER OF THE JAGUAR XK8, "KAREN ANDERSON" 35,
WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH. |
| 21ST |
2000 |
AUSTRALIAN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST,
"SIMON LAPPAS," 25, & HIS FRIEND, "SHERRYL ELLEN DOWLING" ARE
CHARGED WITH TAKING & RECEIVING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WHICH THREATEN NATIONAL SECURITY
FROM HIS CANBERRA OFFICE. |
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