5TH
DECEMBER
NATIONAL DAY OF THAILAND.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST CHRISTIAN; ST SABAS; ST JUSTINIAN
OR IESTIN; ST CRISPINA; ST NICETIUS OF TRIER; ST SIGIRAMNUS OR CYRAN; & ST JOHN
ALMOND." |
| 5TH |
1766 |
"JAMES CHRISTIE" FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS AUCTION
HOUSE, HELD HIS FIRST SALE IN LONDON. |
| 5TH |
1846 |
"C.F. SCHOENBEIN" OBTAINS
PATENT FOR CELLULOSE NITRATE EXPLOSIVE. |
| 5TH |
1854 |
"AARON ALLEN" OF BOSTON PATENTS A FOLDING THEATRE
SEAT. |
| 5TH |
1876 |
"DANIEL STILLSON" OF MASSACHUSETTS
PATENTS THE FIRST PRACTICAL PIPE WRENCH. |
| 5TH |
1879 |
FIRST AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SWITCHING SYSTEM PATENTED. |
| 5TH |
1904 |
THE RUSSIAN FLEET WAS DESTROYED BY THE
JAPANESE AT PORT ARTHUR, DURING THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. |
| 5TH |
1909 |
"G.A. TAYLOR" MADE THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT IN A
HEAVIER THAN AIR MACHINE, A GLIDER, ON NARABEEN BEACH, SYDNEY. |
| 5TH |
1924 |
"H.P. CHRISTMAS" OPENED
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST "WOOLWORTH’S" STORE IN THE IMPERIAL ARCADE, SYDNEY. |
| 5TH |
1933 |
13 YEARS OF PROHIBITION ENDED IN THE U.S.A. |
| 5TH |
1938 |
ABORIGINAL ARTIST "ALBERT
NAMATJIRA" OPENED HIS FIRST EXHIBITION IN MELBOURNE. |
| 5TH |
1967 |
BEATLES CLOTHING STORE, "APPLE" AT 94 BAKER STREET,
LONDON, OPENS. |
| 5TH |
1974 |
THE TEHRAN AIRPORT TERMINAL ROOF IN
IRAN, COLLAPSES KILLING 17. |
| 5TH |
1983 |
A CAR BOMB SHATTERED A NINE STORY BUILDING IN WEST BEIRUT,
KILLING 12. |
| 5TH |
1988 |
SHUTTLE ‘ATLANTIS’ LAUNCHES
THE WORLD’S FIRST NUCLEAR-WAR-FIGHTING SATELLITE. |
| 5TH |
1991 |
THE BUSINESS EMPIRE OF "ROBERT MAXWELL" COLLAPSED
WITH HUGE DEBTS & REVELATIONS ABOUT MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. |
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