1ST DECEMBER
WORLD AIDS DAY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST EDMUND CAMPION; ST AGERICUS OR
AIRY; ST ELIGIUS OR ELROY; ST ALEXANDER BRIANT; ST ANASANUS; ST TUDWAL; & ST RALPH
SHERWIN." |
| 1ST |
1653 |
AN ATHLETE RAN 20 MILES FROM ST. ALBANS TO LONDON
IN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES. |
| 1ST |
1783 |
"CHARLES & M.N.
ROBERTS" ASCEND 2,000 FEET IN A HYDROGEN BALLOON. |
| 1ST |
1864 |
FIRE DESTROYED 50 OLD BUILDINGS IN BRISBANE, IN
AN AREA BETWEEN ALBERT, ELIZABETH, GEORGE, AND QUEEN STs. |
| 1ST |
1868 |
ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL,
SYDNEY, OPENS. |
| 1ST |
1878 |
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS IT’S FIRST TELEPHONE
INSTALLED. |
| 1ST |
1883 |
THE LINER
"AUSTRAL", CAPSIZED AND SANK RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF 5 LIVES, WHILE BEING
LOADED WITH COAL IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. |
| 1ST |
1913 |
A CONTINUOUS MOVING ASSEMBLY LINE INTRODUCED BY
FORD, PRODUCES A CAR EVERY 2 HOURS 38 MINUTES. |
| 1ST |
1919 |
U.S. BORN, "LADY
ASTOR" BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO HAVE A SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. |
| 1ST |
1937 |
THE P&O LINER STRATHMORE DOCKED AT
OUTER HARBOR FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 1ST |
1939 |
THE FILM "GONE WITH
THE WIND" PREMIERED IN NEW YORK. |
| 1ST |
1947 |
QANTAS FLEW AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST
TIME. |
| 1ST |
1948 |
THE BODY OF A MIDDLE AGED MAN IS FOUND ON
SOMERTON BEACH, ADELAIDE.
MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS THE CAUSE OF DEATH & IDENTITY. |
| 1ST |
1953 |
THE FIRST EDITION OF
"HUGH HEFFNER’S" PLAYBOY MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED; THE CENTREFOLD NUDE WAS
"MARILYN MONROE." |
| 1ST |
1956 |
AT WALLUMBILLA, QLD. A TRAIN HIT SOME CARRIAGES
KILLING 5 PEOPLE. |
| 1ST |
1972 |
‘MISS AUSTRALIA,’
20 YEAR OLD ‘BELINDA GREEN,’ IS CROWNED ‘MISS WORLD.’ |
| 1ST |
1988 |
‘NBC’ BIDS $401 MILLION TO CAPTURE THE
RIGHTS TO THE 1992 BARCELONA OLYMPICS. |
| 1ST |
1990 |
"COMPASS
AIRLINES" MADE IT’S FIRST FLIGHT. |
| 1ST |
1991 |
FRANCE WON IT’S FIRST DAVIS CUP IN 59 YEARS
BY DEFEATING THE USA IN THE FINALS AT LYONS, FRANCE. |
| 1ST |
1994 |
A DOG ARRIVED BY PLANE IN
THE U.S. FROM COLOMBIA WITH 10 CONDOMS FILLED WITH COCAINE IN IT’S STOMACH. |
| 1ST |
1999 |
THE "LIDO" RESTAURANT AT GLENELG, SOUTH
AUSTRALIA, OPENS AT 7.00am, THE FIRST PORTION OF THE HOLDFAST SHORES DEVELOPEMENT TO OPEN. |
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