30TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST SAINUS OF SPOLETO; ST ANYSIA; ST
ANYSIUS: & ST EGWIN." |
| 30TH |
274 |
"ST. FELIX I" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 30TH |
1460 |
THE "DUKE OF YORK"
WAS DEFEATED & KILLED BY THE LANCASTRIANS, AT THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD, IN
ENGLAND’S ‘WAR OF THE ROSES.’ |
| 30TH |
1788 |
CAPTAIN PHILLIP SECURES THE CAPTURE OF AN ABORIGINAL,
"ARABANOO" TO TRAIN AS AN INTERPRETER. |
| 30TH |
1809 |
THE WEARING OF MASKS IS BANNED
AT BALLS IN BOSTON, USA. |
| 30TH |
1837 |
THE OVERLAND MAIL SERVICE BY COACH & PACKHORSE BEGINS
BETWEEN SYDNEY & MELBOURNE. |
| 30TH |
1852 |
FUTURE 19TH U.S. PRESIDENT,
"RUTHERFORD RICHARD HAYES" MARRIES "LUCY WARE WEBB." |
| 30TH |
1873 |
ADELAIDE WOMAN, "ELIZABETH LILLIAN WOOLCOCK" 26, IS
HANGED AT ADELAIDE GAOL AT 8.00am, AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF HER ALCOHOLIC
HUSBAND, "THOMAS WOOLCOCK." HER BODY CONVULSED FOR FIVE MINUTES. SHE
WAS INTERRED AT THE GAOL AT 11.00am. |
| 30TH |
1887 |
A PETITION TO QUEEN VICTORIA
WITH OVER 1 MILLION NAMES OF WOMEN APPEALING FOR PUBLIC HOUSES TO BE CLOSED ON SUNDAYS WAS
HANDED TO THE HOME SECRETARY. |
| 30TH |
1903 |
CHICAGO’S ELEGANT NEW "IROQUOIS THEATRE," COST
602 PEOPLE THEIR LIVES WHEN FIRE QUICKLY DEVOURED THE CONTENTS OF THE THEATRE. |
| 30TH |
1944 |
KING "GEORGE II" OF
GREECE, RENOUNCES HIS THRONE. |
| 30TH |
1965 |
SYDNEY YACHT, "FREYA" WON THE SYDNEY - HOBART YACHT
RACE FOR THE THIRD SUCCESSIVE YEAR. |
| 30TH |
1979 |
ROCK GROUP, "EMERSON, LAKE
& PALMER" SPLIT UP. |
| 30TH |
1988 |
MERCEDES-BENZ PAYS A $20.2 MILLION FINE FOR FAILING TO MEET
1986 GOVERNMENT FUEL STANDARDS. |
| 30TH |
1999 |
FORMER BEATLE, "GEORGE
HARRISON" & HIS WIFE "OLIVIA" WERE STABBED AT ABOUT 3.30am IN THEIR
ENGLISH COUNTRY HOME BY AN INTRUDER WHO WAS ALSO HOSPITALISED AFTER GEORGE HIT HIM ON THE
HEAD WITH SOMETHING HEAVY. |
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