6TH
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF MALAWI.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ROMULUS OF FIESOLE; ST DOMINICA; ST MARY
GORETTI; ST GOAR; ST MODWENNA; ST GODELEVA; ST SEXBURGA; & ST SISOES." |
| 6TH |
1415 |
CHRISTIAN "JOHN HUSS" WAS MARTYRED BY "POPE
JOHN XXIII." CHARGED WITH HERESY, HE WAS BURNT AT THE STAKE; HIS HEAD THEN CUT INTO
SMALL PIECES; REBURNT; THEN HIS ASHES WERE THROWN INTO THE RHONE RIVER. |
| 6TH |
1483 |
ENGLAND’S "KING RICHARD
III" WAS CROWNED. |
| 6TH |
1535 |
SIR THOMAS MORE WAS BEHEADED ON LONDON’S TOWER HILL FOR
TREASON, AFTER REFUSING TO RECOGNISE "HENRY VIII" AS SUPREME HEAD OF THE CHURCH
OF ENGLAND, WHICH HAD JUST BROKEN WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. |
| 6TH |
1553 |
MARY I, ACCEDED TO THE THRONE, BECOMING
THE FIRST QUEEN TO RULE ENGLAND IN HER OWN RIGHT. |
| 6TH |
1699 |
‘CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD’ THE PIRATE IS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY AT BOSTON. HE IS LATER HANGED IN ENGLAND. |
| 6TH |
1785 |
CONGRESS RESOLVES THE U.S. CURRENCY
NAMED "DOLLARS" & ADOPTS DECIMAL COINAGE. |
| 6TH |
1863 |
THE NORTHERN TERRITORY IS ANNEXED FROM NSW TO SOUTH
AUSTRALIA. |
| 6TH |
1885 |
"LOUIS PASTUER" PERFORMS THE
FIRST INOCULATION OF A HUMAN; A YOUNG BOY BITTEN BY A RABID DOG. |
| 6TH |
1912 |
THE 5TH OLYMPIC GAMES IN STOCKHOLM OPENS. |
| 6TH |
1912 |
THE FIRST PUBLIC TELEPHONE EXCHANGE IN
AUSTRALIA IS INSTALLED AT GEELONG, VICTORIA. |
| 6TH |
1917 |
SS CUMBERLAND STRIKES A MINE LAID BY THE GERMAN RAIDER
WOLF OFF GABO ISLAND, & SINKS. |
| 6TH |
1919 |
THE BRITISH AIRSHIP ‘R-34’
LANDS IN NEW YORK, THE FIRST AIRSHIP TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC (108 hr) |
| 6TH |
1924 |
THE FIRST PHOTO SENT EXPERIMENTALLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BY
RADIO, U.S. - ENGLAND. |
| 6TH |
1928 |
THE FIRST ALL TALKING FEATURE FILM
"THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK" PREMIERED AT THE STRAND THEATRE IN NEW YORK. |
| 6TH |
1940 |
THE STORY BRIDGE OPENS ACROSS THE BRISBANE RIVER. |
| 6TH |
1944 |
170 DIE IN A FIRE AT RINGLING BROTHERS
CIRCUS IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, USA. |
| 6TH |
1957 |
"ALTHEA GIBSON" BECAME THE FIRST BLACK TENNIS
PLAYER TO WIN WIMBLEDON. |
| 6TH |
1965 |
ROCK GROUP "JEFFERSON
AIRPLANE" FORMED. |
| 6TH |
1965 |
THE BEATLES FILM, "A HARD DAY’S NIGHT"
PREMIERED IN LONDON. |
| 6TH |
1972 |
ACTOR, "BRANDON DeWILDE" 30,
DIED IN A CAR CRASH. |
| 6TH |
1973 |
ACTU PRESIDENT, "R.J. HAWKE" IS ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF THE A.L.P. |
| 6TH |
1982 |
AN ESTIMATED 90 PEOPLE DIED IN AN
AEROFLOT JETLINER WHICH CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF NEAR MOSCOW. |
| 6TH |
1988 |
AT 9.30pm, AN EXPLOSION ROCKS THE "PIPER ALPHA,"
OIL RIG PLATFORM. A SECOND EXPLOSION A SHORT TIME LATER BLEW AWAY ANY CHANCE OF FURTHER
SURVIVORS. ONLY 62 OF THE 228 MEN ON BOARD SURVIVED. |
| 6TH |
1991 |
"STEFFI GRAF" DEFEATS
"GABRIELA SABATINI" FOR WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIP. |
| 6TH |
1996 |
INFAMOUS DRUG DEALER "GEORGE SAVVAS" ESCAPES FROM
GOULBURN PRISON. |
| 6TH |
1996 |
SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE INJURED WHEN A
QANTAS FLIGHT FROM CAIRNS TO TOKYO STRIKES AIR TURBULENCE OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN. |
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