12TH DECEMBER
NATIONAL DAY OF KENYA.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JANE FRANCES de
CHANTEL; ST CORENTIN OR CURY; SAINTS EPIMACHUS & ALEXANDER; ST EDBURGA OF MINISTER; ST
VICELIN; & ST FINNIAN OF CLONNARD." |
| 12TH |
1777 |
"REVEREND BENJAMIN RUSSEN" IS EXECUTED AT TYBERN,
ENGLAND, FOR RAPE. |
| 12TH |
1792 |
"FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN" GIVES
THE FIRST LESSON IN MUSIC COMPOSITION TO "LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN" IN VIENNA. |
| 12TH |
1805 |
FOUR CONVICTS ESCAPE FROM NEWCASTLE; THEY WERE RECAPTURED
NEAR CASTLE HILL, MAKING THEM & THEIR PURSUERS THE FIRST WHITE OVERLANDERS FROM
NEWCASTLE TO SYDNEY. |
| 12TH |
1882 |
A MINE AT CRESWICK, VICTORIA FLOODS
KILLING 22. |
| 12TH |
1882 |
THE "AUSTRALIAN GOLF CLUB", IS FORMED IN SYDNEY. |
| 12TH |
1895 |
LAND & INCOME TAXES INTRODUCED IN
NSW. |
| 12TH |
1896 |
"GUGLIELMO MARCONI" GAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC
DEMONSTRATION OF RADIO AT TOYNBEE HALL, LONDON. |
| 12TH |
1899 |
"GEORGE F. GRANT" OF BOSTON,
USA, PATENTS GOLF TEE. |
| 12TH |
1913 |
"MONA LISA" STOLEN FROM THE LOUVRE MUSEUM IN 1911,
IS RECOVERED. |
| 12TH |
1915 |
THE GERMAN "JUNKERS JI"
THE FIRST ALL METAL AIRCRAFT MADE IT’S FIRST FLIGHT AT DESSAU, GERMANY. |
| 12TH |
1917 |
FRENCH TROOP TRAIN DERAILS IN FRENCH ALPS KILLING 543. |
| 12TH |
1921 |
"MAJOR N. BREARLEY" BEGAN HIS
"WEST AUSTRALIAN AIRWAYS" BETWEEN GERALDTON & DERBY USING ‘BRISTOL
TOURERS’ |
| 12TH |
1925 |
THE WORLD’S FIRST MOTEL OPENED IN, SAN LUIS OBISPO,
CALIFORNIA. |
| 12TH |
1928 |
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS Ltd, FORMED
IN SYDNEY BY "KINGSFORD SMITH" & "ULM."
IT GOES INTO LIQUIDATION IN JUNE 1931. |
| 12TH |
1937 |
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT SHELL & SINK THE U.S. GUNBOAT ‘PANAY’
ON THE YANGTZE RIVER IN CHINA.
JAPAN APPOLOGISED & PAID $2.2 MILLION REPARATION. |
| 12TH |
1955 |
"BILL HALEY & THE COMETS"
RECORDED "SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR" AT DECCA RECORDING STUDIOS, NEW YORK. |
| 12TH |
1955 |
THE FIRST HOVERCRAFT WAS PATENTED BY BRITISH ENGINEER,
"CHRISTOPHER COCKERELL." |
| 12TH |
1957 |
THE U.S. ANNOUNCES THE MANUFACTURE OF
‘BORAZON,’ WHICH IS HARDER THAN DIAMOND. |
| 12TH |
1964 |
U.S. SINGER, "SAM COOKE" IS SHOT DEAD BY A HOTEL
MANAGRESS WHO CLAIMS HE TRIED TO RAPE HER. |
| 12TH |
1968 |
"ROLLING STONES" FILM A TV
SHOW, "ROCK n’ ROLL CIRCUS" WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN AIRED. |
| 12TH |
1972 |
‘APOLLO 17’ ASTRONAUTS, "EUGENE CERNAN"
& "HARRISON H. SCHMITT" DISCOVER ‘ORANGE SOIL’ DURING THEIR SECOND
DAY EXPLORING THE LUNAR SURFACE. |
| 12TH |
1975 |
"SARA JANE MOORE" PLEADS
GUILTY TO TRYING TO KILL "PRESIDENT GERALD FORD." |
| 12TH |
1981 |
A REFERENDUM IS HELD TO DECIDE THE SITE OF THE DAM ON THE
FRANKLIN RIVER, TASMANIA.
44.89% VOTED INFORMAL OR MARKED THEIR PAPERS "NO DAM." |
| 12TH |
1983 |
A TRUCK BOMB EXPLODES AT THE U.S.
EMBASSY IN KUWAIT. |
| 12TH |
1985 |
248 U.S. SOLDIERS & 8 CREW MEMBERS DIE IN ARROW AIR
CHARTER CRASH. |
| 12TH |
1986 |
A MICROLITE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED THE WORLD
NON-STOP. |
| 12TH |
1988 |
"SANDRA MILLER" OF QUEENS, SUES "MIKE
TYSON" FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT. |
| 12TH |
1989 |
THE "QUEEN OF GREED," U.S.
BILLIONAIRESS, "LEONA HELMSLEY" WAS FINED $7 MILLION & SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS
GAOL FOR TAX EVASION. |
| 12TH |
1991 |
ACTOR, "RICHARD GERE" MARRIES SUPER MODEL
"CINDY CRAWFORD." |
| 12TH |
1997 |
‘RADIO 5AA,’ ADELAIDE
BREAKFAST RADIO DUET "BARRY ION," & "TONY PILKINGTON," CALL AN END
TO A 21 YEAR PARTNERSHIP.
THERE IS SPECULATION AS TO THE FATE OF "PETER PLUS" WHEN HE IS RUN DOWN WHILE
DOING A LIVE TRAFFIC REPORT ON PORT ROAD. DID HE DIE? NO! |
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