4TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARUTHAS; ST BERNARD OF PARMA; ST
SOLA; ST OSMUND; ST ANNO; ST BARBARA, VIRGIN-MARTYR; & ST JOHN OF DAMASCUS. |
| 4TH |
1154 |
THE ONLY ENGLISHMAN TO BECOME A POPE; "NICHOLAS
BREAKSPEAR" BECAME ‘ADRIAN IV.’ |
| 4TH |
1619 |
AMERICA’S FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY. |
| 4TH |
1680 |
A HEN IN ROME LAID AN EGG IMPRINTED WITH A COMET NOT SEEN
UNTIL DEC 16TH. |
| 4TH |
1812 |
"PETER GAILLARD" OF
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, PATENTS A HORSE DRAWN MOWER. |
| 4TH |
1816 |
"JAMES MONROE" IS ELECTED 5TH U.S. PRESIDENT. |
| 4TH |
1829 |
‘SUTEE;’ WHERE A WIDOW
COMMITS SUICIDE BY THROWING HERSELF ON TO HER HUSBAND’S FUNERAL PYRE, IS MADE ILLEGAL
IN INDIA. |
| 4TH |
1843 |
MANILA PAPER, MANUFACTURED FROM SAILS, CANVAS & ROPE IS
PATENTED IN MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 4TH |
1871 |
"JAMES ‘PHILOSOPHER’
SMITH" DISCOVERED ONE OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST TIN DEPOSITS AT MT BISCHOFF,
TASMANIA. |
| 4TH |
1934 |
C.T. ULM, G. LITTLEJOHN, AND L SKILLING, WERE LOST AT SEA OFF
HAWAII WHEN "AIRSPEED AS6 ENVOY" STELLA AUSTRALIS, DISAPPEARS ON A FLIGHT FROM
USA TO AUSTRALIA. |
| 4TH |
1947 |
"A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE"
STARRING "MARLON BRANDO" & "JESSICA TANDY" PREMIERES IN NEW YORK. |
| 4TH |
1952 |
KILLER FOGS BEGIN IN LONDON, ENGLAND, CREATING THE WORD,
"SMOG." |
| 4TH |
1972 |
FOLLOWING AUSTRALIA’S DECISION TO
EXPRESS IT’S EXCHANGE RATE IN U.S. DOLLARS RATHER THAN STERLING, THE AUSTRALIAN
DOLLAR WAS REVALUED TO $1 = $US1.2750. |
| 4TH |
1976 |
"LIZ TAYLOR’S" 7TH MARRIAGE, WHEN SHE MARRIED
"JOHN WARNER." |
| 4TH |
1979 |
THIRD MARRIAGE FOR "LIZA
MINNELLI" WHEN SHE MARRIED "MARK GERO.’ |
| 4TH |
1988 |
ACTOR "GARY BUSEY" IS CRITICALLY INJURED IN
MOTORCYCLE CRASH. |
| 4TH |
1998 |
"COLIN DUNSTAN," 43, OF
CANBERRA, WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSTING IN EXCESS OF 24 PARCEL BOMBS TO CURRENT
& FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE. |
| 4TH |
1998 |
86 YEAR OLD QUEENSLAND MAN, "ARTHUR BROWN" IS
CHARGED WITH THE 1970 MURDERS OF SISTERS, "JUDITH, 7 & SUSAN, 5, MacKAY."
SPECULATION AT THE TIME DID NOT RULE OUT HIS BEING INVOLVED IN THE ADELAIDE MURDERS OF THE
BEAUMONT CHILDREN ON 16-1-1966, OR THE DISAPPEARANCE OF "JOANNE RATCLIFFE, 11 &
KIRSTIE GORDON, 4" FROM ADELAIDE OVAL ON 23-8-1973. |
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