8TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION; ST
ROMARIC; ST EUCHARIUS; ST SOPHRONIUS OF CYPRUS; & ST PATAPIUS." |
| 8TH |
1863 |
2,500 REPORTED KILLED AT CHURCH OF La COMPANA, SANTIAGO,
CHILE. |
| 8TH |
1863 |
BRITAINS "TOM KING" DEFEATS
AMERICAN "JOHN HEENAN" TO BECOME THE WORLD’S FIRST HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING
CHAMPION. |
| 8TH |
1877 |
ADELAIDE TO PERTH TELEGRAPH COMPLETED. |
| 8TH |
1879 |
BUSHRANGER, "CAPTAIN
MOONLITE" IS TRIED, FOUND GUILTY, & SENTENCED TO DEATH. (hanged 20-1-1880) |
| 8TH |
1881 |
VIENNA’S, ‘RING THEATRE’ DESTROYED BY FIRE,
KILLING BETWEEN 640 & 850. |
| 8TH |
1886 |
40 LIVES LOST WHEN THE SS KEILAWARRA
SINKS AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE HELAN NICOLL OFF NSW. |
| 8TH |
1888 |
FIRST DEMONSTRATION IN AUSTRALIA OF A PARACHUTE JUMP WHEN
"J.T. WILLIAMS" JUMPS FROM A BALLOON OVER SYDNEY. |
| 8TH |
1899 |
ELECTRIC TRAM BEGINS RUNNING IN GEORGE
STREET, SYDNEY. |
| 8TH |
1925 |
"ADOLPH HITLER’S" BOOK "MEIN KAMPF"
IS PUBLISHED. |
| 8TH |
1931 |
COAXIAL CABLE IS PATENTED. |
| 8TH |
1941 |
BRITAIN, THE U.S.A. & AUSTRALIA DECLARE WAR ON JAPAN. |
| 8TH |
1956 |
16TH OLYMPIC GAMES END IN MELBOURNE. |
| 8TH |
1963 |
THREE FUEL TANKS EXPLODE WHEN A JETLINER IS STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING, CRASHING NEAR ELKTON, MARYLAND.
IT IS THE ONLY KNOWN CASE OF LIGHTNING CAUSING A CRASH. |
| 8TH |
1966 |
THE 8,922-TON PASSENGER FERRY ‘HERAKLION’
SINKS IN STORMY SEAS OFF THE COAST OF GREECE; 280 PEOPLE DIE.. |
| 8TH |
1968 |
"JOHN & CYNTHIA LENNON" DIVORCE. |
| 8TH |
1972 |
UNITED AIRLINES PLANE CRASHES AT
CHICAGO’S, MIDWAY AIRPORT, KILLING 45. |
| 8TH |
1980 |
BEATLE, "JOHN LENNON" WAS GUNNED DOWN OUTSIDE HIS
HOME BY "MARK CHAPMAN." |
| 8TH |
1982 |
"NORMAN MAYER" HELD THE
‘WASHINGTON MONUMENT’ STATUE HOSTAGE, DEMANDING AN END TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS, OR HE
WOULD BLOW IT UP.
AFTER 10 HOURS, POLICE SHOT HIM DEAD; HE HAD NO EXPLOSIVES. |
| 8TH |
1984 |
"NICHOLAS ‘RAZZLE’ DINGLEY" 24, DRUMMER
FOR "HANOI ROCKS" WAS KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHILE TRAVELLING IN A CAR
DRIVEN BY "MOTLEY CRUE’S" "VINCE NEIL," WHO HAD BEEN DRINK
DRIVING.
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, "NEIL" WAS ORDERED TO PAY $2.7 MILLION DAMAGES. |
| 8TH |
1987 |
FORMER LAW STUDENT "FRANK
VITKOVIC," 22, ATTACKED STAFF IN THE AUSTRALIA POST BUILDING IN QUEEN ST MELBOURNE
WITH A SAWN OFF M1 SEMI AUTOMATIC CARBINE. IN 17 MINUTES HE KILLED 9 AND SERIOUSLY INJURED
5 OTHERS BEFORE JUMPING TO HIS DEATH FROM THE 11th FLOOR WINDOW. |
| 8TH |
1999 |
A VIOLENT STORM WHIPPED ACROSS THE CENTRE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
DESTROYING, SHEDS, STOBIE POLES, FARM MACHINERY, FLIPPING OVER WHEAT BINS, & RIPPING
ROOFS FROM HOUSES. |
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