4TH
JULY
INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE USA.
FEAST DAY OF
"THE MARTYRS OF DORCHESTER; ST ANDREW
OF CRETE; ST ELIZABETH OF PORTUGAL; ST ULRIC OF AUGSBURG; ST BERTHA OF BLANGY; &
ST ODO OF CANTERBURY." |
| 4TH |
1054 |
BRIGHTEST KNOWN SUPER-NOVA, ‘CRAB NEBULA," STARTS
SHINING. |
| 4TH |
1776 |
U.S. GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN. |
| 4TH |
1801 |
A SURVEY PARTY FINDS SEAMS OF COAL IN THE HUNTER VALLEY. |
| 4TH |
1827 |
SLAVERY IS ABOLISHED IN NEW YORK. |
| 4TH |
1831 |
BAPTIST CLERGYMAN, "SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH" PENNED
THE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN HYMN; "AMERICA" UNAWARE THAT THE TUNE WAS ALSO THAT OF
ENGLAND’S NATIONAL ANTHEM, "GOD SAVE THE KING." |
| 4TH |
1857 |
EUROPEAN MINERS DRIVE OUT 2,000 CHINESE
FROM THE BUCKLAND RIVER GOLDFIELD, VICTORIA, BURNING & LOOTING THEIR TENTS. |
| 4TH |
1865 |
"ALICE IN WONDERLAND" IS PUBLISHED. |
| 4TH |
1883 |
"BUFFALO BILL CODY" PRESENTS
THE FIRST WILD WEST SHOW AT NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. |
| 4TH |
1884 |
THE FIRST U.S. BULLFIGHT WAS HELD IN DODGE CITY, KANSAS. |
| 4TH |
1884 |
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS PRESENTED TO
THE U.S. IN PARIS. |
| 4TH |
1888 |
THE FIRST ORGANISED RODEO COMPETITION WAS HELD IN PRESCOTT,
ARIZONA. |
| 4TH |
1894 |
ONE OF THE FIRST U.S. CARS IS
SUCCESSFULLY TESTED BY "ELWOOD HAYNES." IT REACHED 6mph. |
| 4TH |
1914 |
THE FIRST U.S. MOTORCYCLE RACE WAS RUN OVER 300 MILES IN
DODGE CITY, KANSAS. |
| 4TH |
1925 |
THE ‘DREYFUS HOTEL’ IN
BOSTON, USA, COLLAPSED KILLING 44. |
| 4TH |
1926 |
IN WA’S EAST KIMBERELY REGION, AN ABORIGINAL MAN
"LUMBIA" WAS ARRESTED OVER THE KILLING OF A WHITE MAN "HAY" WHO
ATTACKED HIM WITH A STOCK WHIP. THE POLICE RETALIATED BY KILLING AND BURNING BETWEEN 11
AND 100 ABORIGINES. |
| 4TH |
1930 |
A ROYAL COMMISSION INTO THE SALE OF
MUNGANA MINES TO THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT, FINDS FORMER PREMIERS "E.G. THEODORE
& WILLIAM McCORMACK" GUILTY OF FRAUD & DISHONESTY. |
| 4TH |
1934 |
U.S. BOXER, "JOE LOUIS" KNOCKS OUT, "JOE
CRACKEN," IN CHICAGO, DURING THE OPENING ROUND OF HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL FIGHT. |
| 4TH |
1959 |
AMERICA’S NEW 49-STAR FLAG IS
UNFURLED, HONOURING ALASKA. |
| 4TH |
1960 |
AMERICA’S NEW 50-STAR FLAG IS UNFURLED, HONOURING
HAWAII. |
| 4TH |
1973 |
SYDNEY DETECTIVES RECOVER SOME OF THE
$500,000 RANSOM PAID BY QUANTAS AFTER A BOMB HOAX ON MAY 26, 1971. |
| 4TH |
1975 |
EDITOR OF THE SMALL INNER-CITY NEWSPAPER OF SYDNEY,
‘NOW,’ "JUANITA NEILSON," DISAPPEARED, PRESUMABLY KIDNAPPED AND
MURDERED. RUMOR HAS IT, HER BODY MAY BE ENTOMBED IN THE CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS OF THE
VICTORIA ST. DEVELOPEMENT SHE WAS FIGHTING TO STOP. |
| 4TH |
1977 |
BASSIST FOR ‘BLONDIE,’
"GARY VALENTINE" IS REPLACED BY "NIGEL HARRISON." |
| 4TH |
1980 |
THE NEWCASTLE SUN WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1918, CEASES
PUBLICATION. |
| 4TH |
1984 |
JUSTICE RAY WATSON OF THE FAMILY COURT
NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH & HIS WIFE IS KILLED WHEN AN EXPLOSION DEVESTATES THEIR
GREENWICH, NSW, HOME. |
| 4TH |
1991 |
SYDNEY HEART TRANSPLANT SURGEON, "DR VICTOR CHANG"
IS GUNNED DOWN IN A MOSMAN STREET. THREE MEN ARE BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED; TWO MEN
"CHIEW SENG LIEW" 48, & "JIMMY TAN" 39, WERE ARRESTED AT
MELBOURNES TULLAMARINE AIRPORT ON JULY 14TH. |
| 4TH |
1996 |
TAMIL SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 21 IN SRI
LANKA. |
| 4TH |
1996 |
IT IS ANNOUNCED, A RECENT AUSTRALIAN SURVEY SUGGESTS
AUSTRALIANS SUPPORT THE CURRENT AUSTRALIAN FLAG AS OPPOSED TO A NEW ONE. |
| 4TH |
1997 |
THE U.S. PATHFINDER MISSION TO MARS
SEES THE VEHICLE MAKE A SOFT LANDING AND SEND BACK PICTURES FROM MARS AFTER A 211 DAY
JOURNEY FROM EARTH TAKING A 500 KILOMETRE ROUTE TO MARS WHICH IS 309 MILLION KILOMETRES
AWAY. IT DEPLOYS THE VEHICLE ‘SOJOURNER’ TO INCH IT’S WAY AROUND AS IT
EXAMINES SOIL AND ROCKS. |
| 4TH |
1997 |
PART TIME MODEL, "CORINNA JOANNE MARR" IS GUNNED
DOWN & KILLED WITHOUT A KNOWN MOTIVE IN HER ADELAIDE HOME. NO ONE HAS BEEN CONVICTED
OF THE CRIME. |
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