12TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JULIAN THE HOSPITALLER; ST
ETHELWALD OF LINDISFARNE; ST ANTONY KAULEAS; ST MARINA OR PELAGIA; ST MELETIUS; & ST
LUDAN." |
| 12TH |
1554 |
"LADY JANE GREY" QUEEN OF ENGLAND FOR NINE DAYS,
WAS EXECUTED ON TOWER GREEN FOR HIGH TREASON. |
| 12TH |
1831 |
RUBBER GALOSHES FIRST WENT ON SALE IN
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. |
| 12TH |
1850 |
U.S. PRESIDENT, "WASHINGTON’S" ORIGINAL
FAREWELL ADDRESS MANUSCRIPT SELLS FOR $2,300 |
| 12TH |
1851 |
GOLD WAS DISCOVERED AT SUMMERHILL
CREEK, NEAR BATHURST, IN N.S.W. |
| 12TH |
1875 |
A MAN DIED IN DUBBO N.S.W. AFTER DRINKING 3 GALLONS OF
BRANDY. |
| 12TH |
1878 |
"FREDERICK THAYER PATENTS THE
BASEBALL CATCHER’S MASK, WITH PATENT NUMBER, 200,358 |
| 12TH |
1885 |
WILD PIGS KILL AND DEVOUR AN INFANT AT RAYMOND TCE, N.S.W. |
| 12TH |
1908 |
THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD CAR RACE
BEGINS IN NEW YORK. |
| 12TH |
1910 |
VICTORIAN "JACK DONALDSON" SET A WORLD RECORD 9 3/8
SECONDS FOR THE 100 YDS. IN SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 12TH |
1912 |
CHINA ADOPTS THE GREGORIAN CALENDER. |
| 12TH |
1940 |
THE RADIO PLAY "THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN" DEBUTS
IN THE U.S. WITH "BUD COLLYER" AS THE MAN OF STEEL. |
| 12TH |
1967 |
"KEITH RICHARDS," "MICK
JAGGER," & "MARIANNE FAITHFUL" ARE BUSTED FOR DRUGS. |
| 12TH |
1971 |
AMERICAN SINGER, "PATTI SMITH" MADE HER STAGE DEBUT
AS A POET, AT ST MARK’S CHURCH, NEW YORK. |
| 12TH |
1973 |
THE FIRST GROUP OF U.S. PRISONERS OF
WAR WERE RELEASED FROM NORTH VIETNAM. |
| 12TH |
1974 |
TEACHER "MARY CRIBBS" AND 6 SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE
KIDNAPPED FROM THE FARADAY SCOOL IN VICTORIA. |
| 12TH |
1979 |
HARRY M. MILLERS
"COMPUTICKET" AGENCY COLLAPSES. |
| 12TH |
1984 |
"JAYNE TORVILL" & "CHRISTOPHER DEAN"
SKATE ‘BOLERO’ AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES, RECIEVING ALL PERFECT SCORES &
THE GOLD MEDAL. |
| 12TH |
1990 |
"DOCTOR CARMEN LAWRENCE"
BECAME AUSTRALIAS FIRST FEMALE PREMIER. |
| 12TH |
1994 |
THE 17TH WINTER OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES OPENED IN LILLEHAMMER,
NORWAY. |
| 12TH |
1995 |
MEMBER OF "IRON BUTTERFLY" ROCK BAND, &
COMPUTER ENGINEER, "PHILIP TAYLOR KRAMER" DISAPPEARED ON HIS WAY HOME FROM LOS
ANGELES AIRPORT.
AS HE WAS WORKING ON A FASTER THAN LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SPECULATION WAS THAT HE HAD
BEEN TAKEN BY THE RUSSIANS.
HIS SKELETON WAS DISCOVERED FOUR YEARS LATER AT THE BOTTOM OF DECKER CANYON, LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA. |
| 12TH |
1996 |
ACTRESS "JACKI WEAVER" AND
TELEVISION PERSONALITY, "DERRYN HINCH," ANNOUNCE THEIR MARRIAGE IS OVER. |
| 12TH |
1999 |
ABDUCTED TODDLER "JAMES SETTE" IS FOUND DEAD IN A
DAM NEAR MOAMA, NSW.
HIS 31 YEAR OLD MOTHER, "JULIE SETTE" WAS CHARGED WITH HIS STABBING MURDER ON
18TH FEBRUARY. |
| 12TH |
1999 |
"STEVE WAUGH" IS NAMED
CAPTAIN OF AUSTRALIA’S TEST CRICKET TEAM. |
| 12TH |
2000 |
19 YEAR-OLD "SHEREE PRIMMER" FROM NSW IS NAMED THE
VERY LAST "MISS AUSTRALIA" IN A PAGEANT HELD IN MELBOURNE, AT CROWN PALADIUM.
THE ORGANISERS OF THE QUEST, WHICH BEGAN IN 1926, "THE AUSTRALIAN SPASTIC &
CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION," DECIDED IT WAS NO LONGER RELEVANT. |
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