23RD
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"THE TEN MARTYRS OF CRETE; ST
DAGOBERT II OF AUSTRIA; ST JOHN OF KANTI; SAINTS VICTORIA & ANATOLIA; ST FRITHEBERT;
ST SERVULUS; & ST THORLAC." |
| 23RD |
619 |
"BONIFACE V" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 23RD |
1834 |
ENGLISH ARCHITECT, "JOSEPH
HANSOM" PATENTED HIS ‘SAFETY CAB’ KNOWN AS THE "HANSOM CAB." |
| 23RD |
1874 |
FIRE KILLED 1 PERSON AND DESTROYED 45 HOUSES AT WINDSOR, NSW. |
| 23RD |
1888 |
DUTCH PAINTER, "VINCENT
VAN GOUGH" CUT OFF PART OF HIS OWN EARLOBE, FOLLOWING A QUARREL WITH "PAUL
GAUGUIN." |
| 23RD |
1906 |
THE FIRST LIFESAVING REEL DEMONSTRATED AT BONDI BEACH,
SYDNEY. |
| 23RD |
1947 |
TRANSISTOR INVENTED BY
"BARDEEN, BRATTAIN, & SHOCKLEY" IN BELL LABS. |
| 23RD |
1948 |
"GENERAL TOJO" & 6 OTHER JAPANESE MILITARY
LEADERS WERE EXECUTED FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. |
| 23RD |
1953 |
SOVIET SECRET POLICE CHIEF,
"LAVRENTI BERIA" & 6 ASSOCIATES WERE SHOT FOR TREASON. |
| 23RD |
1963 |
A BLAZE ON THE ATLANTIC CRUISE SHIP ‘LAKONIA’ KILLS
117; & 919 PASSENGERS ARE PLUCKED TO SAFETY. |
| 23RD |
1965 |
A 70mph SPEED LIMIT WAS
INTRODUCED IN BRITAIN. |
| 23RD |
1968 |
"BORMAN, LOVELL, & ANDERS" BECOME FIRSTMEN TO
ORBIT THE MOON. |
| 23RD |
1972 |
EARTHQUAKES DESTROYED MORE THAN
HALF OF MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, KILLING 10,000 - 12,000 PEOPLE. |
| 23RD |
1985 |
"JAMES VANCE" 20, & "RAYMOND BELKNAP"
18, COMMIT SUICIDE, SPARKING THEIR FAMILIES TO SUE ROCK GROUP, "JUDAS PRIEST"
FOR SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES. |
| 23RD |
1986 |
"DICK RUTAN" &
"JEANA YEAGER" MADE THE FIRST NON-STOP FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT
REFUELLING, IN THE U.S. PLANE "VOYAGER." |
| 23RD |
1987 |
"LYNETTE ‘SQUEAKY’ FROMME," SERVING A
LIFE SENTENCE FOR ATTEMPTING TO ASSASSINATE "PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD," ESCAPES
FROM ALDERSON PRISON. |
| 23RD |
1989 |
TWO BUSES COLLIDE HEAD ON NEAR
KEMPSEY, N.S.W. KILLING 36 AND INJURING 37. |
| 23RD |
1997 |
"WOODY ALLEN" MARRIES HIS FOSTER-DAUGHTER
"SOON-YI PREVIN" IN A SMALL CEREMONY IN VENICE, ITALY. |
| 23RD |
1999 |
AT 8.00pm A LARGE FIRE ENGULFED
A SUBSTANTIAL SECTION OF THE URANIUM EXTRACTION PLANT AT ROXBY DOWNS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 23RD |
1999 |
THE NEW ‘BMW’ BELONGING TO RUSSIAN WORLD FIGURE
SKATING CHAMPION, "MARIA BUTYRSKAYA" WAS BLOWN UP IN MOSCOW.
IT WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO A SERIES OF THREATS MADE AGAINST PROMINENT RUSSIAN SPORTS
FIGURES. |
| 23RD |
1999 |
ACTRESS, "LOIS
HAMILTON" 57, FLEW TO RIO de JANEIRO, LOCKED HERSELF IN A ROOM AT THE SHERATON HOTEL,
SWALLOWED A HANDFUL OF PILLS, SLIPPED A PLASTIC BAG OVER HER HEAD, & COMMITTED
SUICIDE. |
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