28TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"THE HOLY INNOCENTS; ST ANTONY OF
LERINS; & ST THEODORE THE SANCTIFIED." |
| 28TH |
418 |
"ST BONIFACE I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 28TH |
1065 |
WESTMINSTER ABBEY WAS
CONSECRATED UNDER "EDWARD THE CONFESSOR." |
| 28TH |
1836 |
THE FIRST COLONISTS ARRIVE AT HOLDFAST BAY, TO SETTLE
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 28TH |
1846 |
IOWA BECOMES THE 29TH STATE OF
U.S. |
| 28TH |
1849 |
DRY-CLEANING IS ACCIDENTLY DISCOVERED BY "M.
JOLLY-BELLIN" WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY UPSETS A LAMP CONTAINING TURPENTINE & OIL ON HIS
CLOTHING, & SEES THE CLEANING EFFECT. |
| 28TH |
1868 |
EASTWOOD WOMAN, "MARIA ANN
SMITH," DISCOVERS THE GRANNY SMITH APPLE: THE RESULT OF A SEEDLING GROWING FROM
APPLES SHE DUMPED NEAR HER CREEK. |
| 28TH |
1869 |
AMERICAN ‘WILLIAM FINLEY SEMPLE’ PATENTS CHEWING
GUM. |
| 28TH |
1879 |
THE CENTRAL PORTOIN OF THE TAY
BRIDGE, IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, COLLAPSED AS A TRAIN WAS PASSING OVER IT, KILLING 75 PEOPLE. |
| 28TH |
1895 |
IN A PARIS RESTAURANT BROTHERS "LOUIS AND AUGUSTE
LUMIERE" PROJECTED A MOTION PICTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 28TH |
1908 |
AN EARTHQUAKE KILLS 75,000 IN
MESSINA, SICILY. |
| 28TH |
1926 |
THE HIGHEST RECORDED CRICKET INNINGS WHEN VICTORIA MADE 1,107
RUNS AGAINST NSW IN MELBOURNE. |
| 28TH |
1934 |
AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND BEGIN THE
FIRST WOMEN’S CRICKET TEST IN BRISBANE. |
| 28TH |
1974 |
MORE THAN 5,200 PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE. |
| 28TH |
1984 |
MOUNTAINOUS SEAS FORCE 99 BOATS
OUT OF THE SYDNEY - HOBART YACHT RACE. |
| 28TH |
1989 |
AT 10.28 am AN EARTHQUAKE HITS NEWCASTLE, NSW, LEAVING A
DEATH TOLL OF 13. |
| 28TH |
1997 |
POLICE STOPPED THE SAME CAR 3
TIMES IN FOUR HOURS IN SYDNEY, CHARGING A WOMAN WITH DRINK-DRIVING TWICE & A MAN WITH
UNLICENSED DRIVING. |
| 28TH |
1998 |
THE DEATH TOLL IS 2 MEN, "PHILLIP SKEGGS 34, & BRUCE
GUY 51," CONFIRMED DEAD FROM ‘BUSINESS POST NIAID,’
1 MAN, "GLYN CHARLES 32," MISSING OVERBOARD FROM ‘SWORD OF ORION,’
PRESUMED DEAD, & A LIFE RAFT WITH 4 CREW FROM THE SYDNEY-HOBART YACHT RACE
"WINSTON CHURCHILL" IS RESCUED; LATER REPORTS SAY A SECOND LIFERAFT WITH 3 OF
IT’S 5 CREW MEMBERS WASHED OVERBOARD IS PICKED UP, 3 OF IT’S OCCUPANTS,
"JIM LAWLER 59, MIKE BANNISTER 53, & JOHN DEAN 47," HAVE BEEN LOST
OVERBOARD. THE BODIES OF "CHARLES & DEAN" ARE NEVER FOUND. |
| 28TH |
1999 |
THE SYDNEY-HOBART YACHT RACE
TIME WAS SMASHED BY 1 HOURS 19 MINUTES BY DANISH MAXI, ‘NOKIA,’ WITH THE
NEW TIME OF 1 DAY 19 HOURS 48 MINUTES & 2 SECONDS. |
| 28TH |
1999 |
IN HIS FIRST TEST MATCH FOR AUSTRALIA, & WITH HIS 4TH
BALL, FAST BOWLER "BRETT LEE" TOOK THE WICKET OF INDIAN OPENING BATSMAN
"RAMESH." |
| 28TH |
2000 |
A FLORIDA MAN, "THOMAS
WADE TRUETT" 29, WAS RESCUED ALIVE AFTER HIS CAR WAS BURIED UNDER 1.7METRES OF SNOW
FOR 13 DAYS.
HE SURVIVED ON A CARTON OF ORANGE JUICE, A PACKET OF ALMOND M&M’s, & MELTED
SNOW. |
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