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ELEVEN DAYS

Thankyou to Perter Ferter
If you are reading this, On This Day, you will be aware of the importance of the facts as they happen.
Many things are reported to have happened on this day, which did not happen.  ( This is Fact )

24TH DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF

"ST GREGORY OF SPOLETO; SAINTS THARSILLA & EMILIANA; ST ADELA; ST IRMINA; ST DELPHINUS; & ST SHARBEL MAKHLOUF."

24TH 640 "JOHN IV" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE.
24TH 1814 THE WAR BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & BRITAIN WAS BROUGHT TO AN END WITH THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF GHENT.
24TH 1818 "FRANZ GRUBER" 31, COMPOSED A MELODY FOR THE POEM ‘STILLE NACHT’ WRITTEN EARLIER BY PASTOR, "JOSEPH MOHR" 26.
IT WAS SUNG THE NEXT DAY, & IS KNOWN NOW AS "SILENT NIGHT."
24TH 1828 THE TRIAL OF "WILLIAM BURKE" WHO WITH HIS PARTNER, "WILLIAM HARE" MURDERED, & DUG UP THE DEAD TO SELL THE CORPSES FOR DISSECTION, WENT ON TRIAL IN EDINBURGH.
24TH 1864 AUSTRALIA’S FIRST ART GALLERY OPENS IN MELBOURNE.
24TH 1875 A CYCLONE HIT THE PEARLING FLEET IN EXMOUTH GULF, CLAIMING 52 LIVES.
24TH 1889 "DANIEL STOVER" & "WILLIAM HANCE" PATENT A BICYCLE WITH A BACK PEDAL BRAKE.
24TH 1893 "HENRY FORD" PRODUCES HIS FIRST GASOLINE DRIVEN SINGLE CYLINDER AUTOMOBILE.
24TH 1914 THE FIRST AIR RAID IN ‘WORLD WAR I’ WAS MADE WHEN A GERMAN AIRCRAFT DROPPED A BOMB ON THE GROUNDS OF A RECTORY IN DOVER.
24TH 1937 MELBOURNE BROADCASTER "NORMAN BANKS" SAW AN OLD LADY IN BED SINGING ‘AWAY IN A MANGER’ BY CANDLELIGHT AS SHE LISTENED TO THE RADIO AS HE WALKED HOME AFTER A LATE NIGHT SHIFT.
IT GAVE HIM THE IDEA FOR "CAROLS BY CANDLE LIGHT."
24TH 1938 SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED IN MELBOURNE’S, ALEXANDRA GARDENS FOR THE FIRST ‘CAROLS BY CANDLE LIGHT’ ORGANISED BY BROADCASTER, "NORMAN BANKS."
24TH 1942 FIRST POWERED FLIGHT OF ‘V-1’ BUZZ BOMB AT PEENMONDE, GERMANY.
24TH 1944 50,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE CAROL FESTIVAL HELD IN ELDER PARK, ADELAIDE, IN AID OF "ADELAIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL" & "SOMERTON SICK & CRIPPLED CHILDREN’S HOME."
24TH 1953 A TRAIN CRASHED INTO A RIVER AT TANGIWAI, NEW ZEALAND, KILLING 151 PEOPLE.
24TH 1954 WAS SINGER ‘JOHNNY ACE’ MURDERED OR DID HE SHOOT HIMSELF DEAD PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE BACKSTAGE AT HOUSTON’S AUDITORIUM.
24TH 1966 ‘LUNA 13’ LANDS ON THE MOON.
24TH 1971 "CYCLONE ALTHEA" DAMAGED HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS AND KILLED 3, IN TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND.
24TH 1971 PERUVIAN AIRLINES ELECTRA, CRASHES AT HEADWATERS OF AMAZON, KILLING ALL EXCEPT "JULIAN MARGARET KOEPCKE" WHO WAS FOUND 10 DAYS LATER.
24TH 1973 FERRYBOAT CAPSIZED OFF THE COAST OF EQUADOR, DROWNING 200.
24TH 1974 CYCLONE TRACY GATHERS STRENGHTH OFF DARWIN.
24TH 1974 BRITISH MP, "JOHN STONEHOUSE" WHO DISAPPEARED FROM A MIAMI BEACH A FEW WEEKS AGO, IS FOUND IN AUSTRALIA USING A FALSE PASSPORT.
24TH 1975 25 YEAR OLD MELBOURNE DRESS DESIGNER & SUSPECTED DRUG COURIER, "MARIA HISSHION" WAS MURDERED.
HER BODY WEIGHED DOWN WITH A 7kg ANCHOR WAS FOUND IN SYDNEY HARBOUR ON 6th JANUARY.
24TH 1978 ABBA’S, "BJORN & AGNETHA" SEPARATE AFTER 7 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
24TH 1990 ACTORS ‘NICOLE KIDMAN’ AND ‘TOM CRUISE’ MARRY.
24TH 1999 ACTOR, "JERRY SEINFELD" MARRIES PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSON "JESSICA SKLAR" JUST A MONTH AFTER SHE WAS HONEYMOONING WITH HER LAST HUSBAND.
24TH 2000 FORMER SPECIAL AIR SERVICE REGIMENT MEMBER, "KERRY DANES" 42, & HIS WIFE "KAY" 32, ARE IMPRISONED BY LAOS POLICE ON SUSPICION OF STEALING SAPPHIRES.
MR. DANES WAS EMPLOYED BY A GEM MINE WHICH WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN UNCUT SAPPHIRES.
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