30TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JULITTA OF CAESAREA; ST TATWIN,
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTEBURY; SAINTS ABDON & SENNEN; & ST PETER CHRYSOLOGUS." |
| 30TH |
579 |
"BENEDICT I" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 30TH |
657 |
"ST VITALIAN" BEGINS HIS
REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 30TH |
1792 |
500 MARSEILLES MEN SING FRANCE’S NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR THE
FIRST TIME. |
| 30TH |
1809 |
THE HAWKESBURY RIVER FLOODS CLAIMING 8
LIVES & MUCH OF THE GRAIN CROPS. |
| 30TH |
1809 |
THE RIVER DERWENT, TASMANIA, FLOODS. |
| 30TH |
1828 |
"CAPT. JAMES STIRLING" URGES
THE COLONIAL OFFICE TO FORM A COLONY ON THE SWAN RIVER. |
| 30TH |
1863 |
"PRESIDENT LINCOLN" ISSUES AN EYE FOR AN EYE ORDER
TO SHOOT A REBEL PRISONER FOR EVERY BLACK PRISONER SHOT. |
| 30TH |
1903 |
A BOUNTY IS PROVIDED FOR SUGAR GROWERS. |
| 30TH |
1908 |
AROUND THE WORLD CAR RACE ENDS IN PARIS. |
| 30TH |
1914 |
NEWS OF AN IMPENDING WAR REACHES SYDNEY
BY CABLE FROM LONDON. |
| 30TH |
1928 |
"GEORGE EASTMAN" DEMONSTRATES FIRST COLOUR MOVIE. |
| 30TH |
1932 |
10TH MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN LOS
ANGELES. |
| 30TH |
1935 |
THE FIRST PENGUIN PAPERBACK BOOKS, FOUNDED BY ‘ALLEN
LANE’ WENT ON SALE IN BRITAIN, STARTING THE PAPERBACK REVOLUTION. |
| 30TH |
1942 |
PORT HEDLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
SUSTAINS A JAPANESE AIR RAID. |
| 30TH |
1968 |
EARTHQUAKES KILL 100 AND INJURE 1,500 IN VENEZUALA. |
| 30TH |
1971 |
A JAPANESE ‘BOEING 727’ COLLIDES
WITH AN ‘F-86’ FIGHTER KILLING 162. |
| 30TH |
1971 |
APOLLO 15 ASTRONAUTS "DAVID R. SCOTT" AND
"JAMES B. IRWIN" LAND ON THE MARE IMBRIUM, ON THE MOON. |
| 30TH |
1983 |
OFFICIAL SPEED RECORD FOR A PISTON
DRIVEN AIRCRAFT IS SET AT 832 kph, IN CALIFORNIA. |
| 30TH |
1997 |
A LANDSLIDE AT THREDBO SKI RESORT AT 11.45 pm CLAIMS 18
LIVES, INCLUDING, ‘JOHN CAMERON 46, BARRY DECKER, SALLY DIVER 27, STEVE MOSS, WENDY
O’DONOGHUE 35, ANDREW McARTHUR 2?, MARY PHILLIPS 3?, MIRIAM (MIM) SODERGREN 41, MIKE
SODERGREN 46, STEVE UROSEVIC 3?, COLIN WARREN 4?, DIANE HOFFMAN, WERNER JECKLIN, OSKAR
LUHN, STEPHEN MOSS, ALNO SENBRUNS, DAVID WATSON, TONY WEAVER. STUART DIVER 27, HUSBAND
OF ‘SALLY,’ MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVES. |
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