24TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST CHRISTINA THE ASTONISHING; ST
BORIS OR ROMANUS; ST DECLAN; ST CHRISTINA OF BOLSENA; ST LEWINNA; & ST GLEB OR
DAVID." |
| 24TH |
1793 |
THE 41 TON SLOOP ‘FRANCIS’ WAS LAUNCHED IN
SYDNEY TO MAKE COASTAL EXPLORATIONS. |
| 24TH |
1872 |
BUSHRANGER "CAPTAIN MOONLITE"
IS TRIED IN BALLARAT FOR THE EGERTON BANK ROBBERY & SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS GAOL. |
| 24TH |
1883 |
"MATTHEW WEBB" WHO IN 1875 BECAME THE FIRST PERSON
TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, DROWNED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE THE RAPIDS AT NIAGARA
FALLS. |
| 24TH |
1901 |
PRESBYTERIAN CHURH OF AUSTRALIA, IS
FORMED OUT OF THE UNION OF STATE CHURCHES. |
| 24TH |
1923 |
THE ADELAIDE EVENING NEWSPAPER, "THE NEWS" WAS
FIRST PUBLISHED. |
| 24TH |
1950 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S LAKE EYRE IS
FULL OF WATER; THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ICE AGE. |
| 24TH |
1969 |
"APOLLO 11" WITH IT’S PIONEERS OF THE MOON,
SPLASHES DOWN SAFELY IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. |
| 24TH |
1972 |
DRUMMER, "BOBBY RAMIREZ" 23,
WAS KILLED IN A BAR ROOM BRAWL. |
| 24TH |
1974 |
U.S. NEWSCASTER, "CHRIS CHUBBOCK" SHOOTS HIMSELF
DEAD ON AIR. |
| 24TH |
1973 |
LIBYAN HIJACKERS BLOW UP JAPANESE JUMBO
JET AT DAMASCUS AIRPORT ONLY MINUTES AFTER PASSENGERS AND CREW ARE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE
PLANE. |
| 24TH |
1979 |
LATE AT NIGHT A FIREBALL RIPS THROUGH THE APPIN MINE ON THE
SOUTHERN COALFIELDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES KILLING 14 MINERS:- "ALWYN BREWIN, FRANCIS
GARRITY, IAN GIFFARD, GEOFFREY JOHNSON, JURGEN LAUTERBACH, ALEXANDER LAWSON, JAMES
OLDCORN, PETER PECK, ROBERT RAWCLIFFE, ROY RAWLINGS, KARL STAATS, JOHN STONHAM, ROY
WILLIAMS, GARY WOODS." |
| 24TH |
1983 |
CHAMPION GOLFER "JACK NEWTON"
STEPPED INTO THE PROPELLOR OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT. |
| 24TH |
1983 |
THE BODY OF "RICHARD KELVIN," WHO DISAPPEARED ON
12th OF JUNE 1983 IS DISCOVERED NEAR ONE TREE HILL. "BEVAN SPENCER VON
EIMEN," IS LATER CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER. |
| 24TH |
1986 |
"PATRICIA O’SHANE"
BECOMES NSW’S FIRST ABORIGINAL MAGISTRATE. |
| 24TH |
1996 |
DOZENS OF RUSH HOUR COMMUTERS ARE KILLED & 500 INJURED IN
EXPLOSIONS IN A PACKED TRAIN SOUTH OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA. |
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