14TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JOHN THE CROSS; SAINTS FINGAR OR
GWINNEAR & PHIALA; ST SPIRIDION; ST VENANTIUS FORTUNATUS; & ST NICASIUS OF
REIMS." |
| 14TH |
867 |
"ADRIAN II" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 14TH |
872 |
"JOHN VIII" BEGINS HIS REIGN
AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 14TH |
1287 |
THE SEAWALL OF THE ‘ZUIDER ZEE’ COLLAPSES WITH THE
LOSS OF 50,000 LIVES. |
| 14TH |
1656 |
"M. JACQUIN" OF PARIS, FIRST
MANUFACTURED ARTIFICIAL PEARLS, USING GYPSUM PELLETS COVERED WITH FISH SCALES. |
| 14TH |
1798 |
"DAVID WILKINSON" OF RHODE ISLAND, PATENTS A NUT
& BOLT MACHINE. |
| 14TH |
1819 |
ALABAMA IS ADMITTED TO THE UNION AS THE
22ND STATE. |
| 14TH |
1901 |
THE FIRST TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT IS PLAYED, AT THE LONDON
ROYAL AQUARIUM. |
| 14TH |
1911 |
A NORWEGIAN EXPEDITION LED BY
"ROALD AMUNDSEN" BECAME THE FIRST TO REACH THE SOUTH POLE; 35 DAYS AHEAD OF
"SCOTT." |
| 14TH |
1918 |
WOMEN (OVER 30) IN BRITAIN CAN VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 14TH |
1922 |
"TOC H" (ABREVIATION FOR
"TALBOT HOUSE") WAS CHARTERED. A CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP ORIGINATED IN 1915 IN
BELGIUM UNDER ANGLICAN CHAPLAIN "P.T.B. CLAYTON" M.C. |
| 14TH |
1929 |
THE GLENELG TRAMLINE OPENS WITH THREE COUPLED CARS
TRANSPORTING GUESTS TO GLENELG FOR A CIVIC WELCOME. |
| 14TH |
1940 |
THE BIRKENHEAD BRIDGE ACROSS THE PORT
RIVER IN ADELAIDE IS OPENED. |
| 14TH |
1963 |
JAZZ SINGER, "DINAH WASHINGTON," REAL NAME
"RUTH LEE JONES" DIED AFTER CONSUMING 9 HUSBANDS, WEIGHT REDUCING PILLS, &
ALCOHOL. |
| 14TH |
1966 |
THE MARRIAGE OF SINGER, "JOHNNY
O’KEEFE" & HIS FIRST WIFE "MARIANNE RENATE" IS DISSOLVED IN THE
SUPREME COURT, SYDNEY. |
| 14TH |
1986 |
"DICK RUTAN" & "JEANA YEAGER" TOOK
OFF FROM EDWARDS AIRFORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA, IN ‘VOYAGER’ ON 1ST
NON-STOP, NON-REFUELLING FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD. |
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