13TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST LUCY; ST AUBERT OF CAMBRAI; ST OTHILIA OR
ODILIA; ST EUSTRATIUS OF SEBASTEA; & ST JUDOCUS OR JOSSE." |
| 13TH |
1577 |
FIVE SHIPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF "SIR FRANCIS DRAKE"
BEGAN A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD WHICH TOOK THREE YEARS. |
| 13TH |
1642 |
"ABEL TASMAN" BECOMES THE
FIRST EUROPEAN TO REACH NEW ZEALAND. |
| 13TH |
1816 |
PATENT FOR A DRY DOCK IS ISSUED TO "JOHN ADAMSON"
OF BOSTON, USA. |
| 13TH |
1835 |
THE CONVICT SHIP ‘HIVE’ WITH
252 CREW, PRISONERS AND GUARDS ABOARD RAN AGROUND AT WRECK BAY, NSW. THOUGH THE SHIP WAS
DESTROYED ONLY 2 LIVES WERE LOST. |
| 13TH |
1878 |
HORSEDRAWN TRAMS MAKE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE IN ADELAIDE. |
| 13TH |
1884 |
THE FIRST COIN OPERATED WEIGHING
MACHINE IS PATENTED BY "PERCY EVERITT." |
| 13TH |
1903 |
MOULDS FOR ICECREAM CONES WERE PATENTED BY "ITALO
MARCIONE" OF NEW YORK. |
| 13TH |
1904 |
THE LONDON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY WENT
ELECTRIC. |
| 13TH |
1916 |
10,000 AUSTRIAN & ITALIAN TROOPS ARE KILLED BY AVALANCHES
IN TYROL, AUSTRIA. |
| 13TH |
1921 |
THE WOOL STORES OF THE PASTORAL FINANCE
ASSOCIATION AT KIRRIBILLI, SYDNEY, ARE DESTROED BY FIRE. |
| 13TH |
1940 |
CONSCRIPTION IN AUSTRALIA WAS EXTENDED TO INCLUDE SINGLE MEN
UP TO 33 YEARS OF AGE. |
| 13TH |
1944 |
A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PLANE CRASHES INTO
THE U.S. CRUISER ‘NASHVILLE,’ KILLING 138 CREWMEN. |
| 13TH |
1951 |
FURURE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, "MARGARET ROBERTS"
MARRIES "DENIS THATCHER." |
| 13TH |
1955 |
"DAME EDNA EVERAGE" MAKES
STAGE DEBUT AT MELBOURNE’S UNION THEATRE. |
| 13TH |
1964 |
U.S. PRESIDENT "LYNDON JOHNSON" & MEXICAN
PRESIDENT, "GUSTAVO DIAZ ORDAZ" SET OFF AN EXPLOSION IN EL PASO THAT CHANGED THE
COURSE OF THE RIO GRANDE, ENDING A BORDER DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. |
| 13TH |
1967 |
"KING CONSTANTINE II" OF
GREECE GOES INTO EXILE FOLLOWING A MILITARY COUP. |
| 13TH |
1974 |
MALTA BECOMES A REPUBLIC. |
| 13TH |
1975 |
"MALCOLM FRASER" LEADS THE
FEDERAL LIBERAL PARTY TO VICTORY. |
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