10TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST GREGORY, POPE; ST EDMUND
GERHINGS; ST EUSTACE WHITE; ST JOHN ROBERTS; ST EULALIA OF MERIDA; ST SWITHIN WELLS;
SAINTS MANNAS, HERMOGENES, & EUGRPHUS; ST POLYDORE PLAADEN; & ST MELCHIADES OR
MILTIADES." |
| 10TH |
1817 |
MISSISSIPPI IS ADMITTED AS THE 20TH STATE OF THE U.S. |
| 10TH |
1845 |
PNEUMATIC TYRES WERE PATENTED BY
SCOTTISH ENGINEER "ROBERT THOMPSON." |
| 10TH |
1859 |
NORTHERN NSW PROCLAIMED AS SEPARATE COLONY UNDER THE NAME
QUEENSLAND. |
| 10TH |
1878 |
"NED KELLY" AND HIS GANG
ROBBED THE BANK AT EUROA, VICTORIA, OF 2000 POUNDS. |
| 10TH |
1901 |
THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZES WERE AWARDED. |
| 10TH |
1915 |
PRESIDENT "WOODROW WILSON"
MARRIES "EDITH GALT." |
| 10TH |
1919 |
"ROSS AND KEITH SMITH" LANDED AT DARWIN BECOMING
THE FIRST TO ACHIEVE ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA FLIGHT, WITH THE FIRST AIRMAIL FROM ENGLAND. |
| 10TH |
1927 |
THE ‘GRAND OLE OPRY’ MAKES
IT’S FIRST RADIO BROADCAST, IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. |
| 10TH |
1936 |
ENGLAND REPLACES "KING EDWARD VIII" POSTAGE STAMP
WITH "KING GEORGE VI." |
| 10TH |
1941 |
THE BRITISH BATTLESHIPS PRINCE OF
WALES & REPULSE WERE SUNK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN THE BATTLE OF MALAYA. |
| 10TH |
1944 |
SINGER, "BERYL DAVIS," SANG, "I’LL BE
SEEING YOU," WITH THE "GLENN MILLER BAND;" FIVE DAYS LATER MILLER’S
PLANE DISAPPEARED OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. |
| 10TH |
1949 |
THE SURF LIFE SAVING ASSOCIATION OF
AUSTRALIA FOUNDED. |
| 10TH |
1963 |
6 YEAR OLD "DONNY OSMOND" MAKES HIS SINGING DEBUT
ON THE ‘ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW.’ |
| 10TH |
1966 |
A HELICOPTER HIRED BY THE ABC CRASHES
AT CIRCULAR QUAY, SYDNEY, KILLING 3 OCCUPANTS. |
| 10TH |
1967 |
RYTHM AND BLUES SINGER "OTIS REDDING" 26, DIED IN A
PLANE CRASH IN WISCONSIN.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR SUCH HITS AS "I’VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG," &
"MR PITIFUL." |
| 10TH |
1971 |
"FRANK ZAPPA" IS PUSHED OFF
THE STAGE AT ‘THE RAINBOW’ IN LONDON, FRACTURING HIS SKULL & BREAKING A LEG. |
| 10TH |
1988 |
A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE IN ARMENIA KILLS 100,000 IN THE CITIES
OF LENINAKAN & SPITAK. |
| 10TH |
1995 |
SINGER "TINA ARENA" MARRIED
HER MANAGER, "RALPH CARR" IN MELBOURNE. |
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