31ST
DECEMBER
NEW YEARS EVE
FEAST DAY OF
"ST SILVESTER I, POPE; ST MELANIA THE
YOUNGER; & ST COLUMBA OF SENS." |
| 31ST |
1695 |
A WINDOW TAX WAS IMPOSED IN BRITAIN WHICH RESULTED IN MANY
WINDOWS BEING BRICKED UP. |
| 31ST |
1879 |
"EDISON," GIVES THE
FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF HIS INCADESCENT LAMP IN MENLO. |
| 31ST |
1897 |
"BLACK FRIDAY" BUSHFIRES DEVASTATE MUCH OF
TASMANIA, KILLING AT LEAST 6 PEOPLE, AND DESTROYING MANY HOUSES. |
| 31ST |
1923 |
THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN WERE
FIRST BROADCAST IN LONDON BY THE BBC. |
| 31ST |
1947 |
U.S. COWBOY "ROY ROGERS," MARRIED HIS COWGIRL,
"DALE EVANS." |
| 31ST |
1960 |
THE FARTHING COIN, WHICH HAD
BEEN IN USE IN GREAT BRITAIN SINCE THE 13TH CENTURY, CEASED TO BE LEGAL TENDER. |
| 31ST |
1961 |
THE "BEACH BOYS" GAVE THEIR FIRST PUBLIC
PERFORMANCE. |
| 31ST |
1964 |
"DONALD CAMPBELL"
SETS A WORLD WATER SPEED RECORD OF 276.33 mph. |
| 31ST |
1967 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST QUINTUPLETS BORN IN TENTERFIELD, NEW
SOUTH WALES. |
| 31ST |
1968 |
RUSSIAN ‘TU-144’ IS
THE FIRST SUPERSONIC AIRLINER FLOWN. |
| 31ST |
1968 |
21 PASSENGERS AND 5 CREW ARE KILLED WHEN A "MMA" ‘VISCOUNT
720C’ CRASHES SOUTH OF PORT HEADLAND, WA. |
| 31ST |
1970 |
"PAUL McCARTNEY,"
FILES A LAWSUIT TO DISOLVE THE "BEATLES." |
| 31ST |
1981 |
THE WRECKAGE OF A ‘PIPER LANCE’ CHARTERED BY
4 GERMAN TOURISTS THAT DISAPPEARED ON OCTOBER 22ND IS SIGHTED ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT
ST LEONARD, VICTORIA. |
| 31ST |
1985 |
A CHARTERED DC3 WITH
"RICKY NELSON", HIS FIANCE "HELEN BLAIR", SOUND ENGINEER "CLARK
RUSSELL", AND BACK UP BAND MEMBERS, "BOBBY NEAL, PATRICK WOODWARD, RICK INTVELD,
AND ANDY CHAPIN", CATCHES FIRE AND CRASHES NEAR DE KALB, TEXAS. RUMOURS ARE
THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE OCCUPANTS FREEBASING COCAINE. |
| 31ST |
1986 |
DUPONT PLAZA HOTEL FIRE IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, KILLS 97. |
| 31ST |
1995 |
AT 4.00pm, THE HEAVENS OPENED
UP DUMPING UP TO 5inches OF RAIN, MAINLY ON THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF ADELAIDE. MOST
PUBLIC NEW YEARS EVE PARTYS WERE CANCELLED. |
| 31ST |
1996 |
"JIMMY BARNES" RELAUNCHES HIS CAREER WITH A
NATIONAL TELECAST OF HIS CONCERT FROM ALBERTON OVAL, ADELAIDE. |
| 31ST |
2000 |
ADELAIDE WAS INTRODUCED TO
ARGENTINE BEAUTY, WOMAN RACING DRIVER, "MILKA DUNO" WHEN THE ‘LE-MANS
RACE’ OF A THOUSAND YEARS TOOK PLACE THROUGH THE STREETS OF ADELAIDE FOR THE FIRST
TIME. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A CONCERT WELCOMING IN THE NEW YEAR. |
| 31ST |
2000 |
"KATE HUDSON" 21, ACTRESS DAUGHTER OF "GOLDIE
HAWN" MARRIED ‘BLACK CROWES’ LEAD SINGER "CHRIS ROBINSON 34, IN
COLORADO. |
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