2ND
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST CHROMATIUS OF AQUILEA; ST
SILVANUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE; ST NONNUS & ST BIBIANA OR VIVIANA." |
| 2ND |
1697 |
ST PAULS CATHEDRAL, LONDON, WAS OPENED, REBUILT BY
"CHRISTOPHER WREN." |
| 2ND |
1804 |
"NAPOLEON" BECOMES FIRST
FRENCH EMPEROR, PLACING THE CROWN ON HIS OWN HEAD. |
| 2ND |
1876 |
A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL "GRACE BUSSEL" REPEATEDLY RODE
HER HORSE INTO THE SURF NEAR CAPE LEEUWIN, WA, TO RESCUE SURVIVORS OF SS GEORGETTE. |
| 2ND |
1882 |
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE HEAD ON AT BURNLEY,
VICTORIA, KILLING 7 PEOPLE. |
| 2ND |
1901 |
"KING CAMP GILLETTE" OF THE U.S. PATENTED A DOUBLE
EDGED DISPOSABLE BLADE. |
| 2ND |
1927 |
FIRST MODEL ‘A’ FORD SOLD FOR
$385. |
| 2ND |
1932 |
THE "BODYLINE" CRICKET SERIES OF TEST MATCHES BEGAN
IN SYDNEY. |
| 2ND |
1960 |
ACTRESS, "VIVIEN LEIGH" ENDS
HER 21 YEAR MARRIAGE TO ACTOR, "LAURENCE OLIVIER." |
| 2ND |
1964 |
"RINGO STARR’S" TONSILS ARE REMOVED. |
| 2ND |
1965 |
700 DAIRY CATTLE ARE DESTROYED AT MOUNT
CROSBY, QUEENSLAND, AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST OUTBREAK OF ‘BLUE TONGUE’ DISEASE
FROM SEMEN SMUGGLED INTO AUSTRALIA. |
| 2ND |
1972 |
"GOUGH WHITLAM" LEADS THE FEDERAL LABOR PARTY INTO
OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 23 YEARS. |
| 2ND |
1982 |
"DOCTOR BARNEY CLARK" BECOMES
THE WORLDS FIRST RECIPIENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL HEART. |
| 2ND |
1987 |
"SIR JOE BJELKE PETERSEN", RELUCTANTLY RESIGNS FROM
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE QUEENSLAND "NATIONAL PARTY" AFTER 40 YEAR STRANGLEHOLD. |
| 2ND |
1988 |
A CYCLONE IN BANGLADESH, KILLS
THOUSANDS & LEAVES 5 MILLION HOMELESS. |
| 2ND |
1989 |
"WAYNE GOSS", LEADS THE A.L.P. TO IT’S FIRST
VICTORY IN QUEENSLAND FOR 32 YEARS. |
| 2ND |
1992 |
‘BEVERLY HILLS 90210’ ACTRESS
"SHANNON DOHERTY" & ANOTHER WOMAN HAD EACH OTHER ARRESTED AFTER ARGUING IN A
OS ANGELES NIGHTCLUB. |
| 2ND |
1994 |
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO PAY $13,500,000
COMPENSATION TO ABORIGINES DISPLACED BY THE NUCLEAR TESTS OF THE 1950’s &
1960’s. |
| 2ND |
1998 |
FIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS FROM
GEELONG, "GARY VREDEVELDT, MATTHEW ARMSTRONG, CHRIS EVANS, STUART DAVIDSON, JASON
THOMAS," PERISHED AT LINTON VICTORIA. |
| 2ND |
1998 |
BRITISH ACTOR, "DEREK NIMMO," 68, WAS SERIOUSLY
INJURED WHEN HE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS OF HIS LONDON HOME. |
| 2ND |
1999 |
SEVEN PEOPLE DIED & MORE THA 50
WERE INJURED WHEN A COMMUTER TRAIN RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE INDIAN PACIFIC TRAIN AT
GLENBROOK STATION, NEAR THE BASE OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. |
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