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ELEVEN DAYS

Thankyou to Perter Ferter
If you are reading this, On This Day, you will be aware of the importance of the facts as they happen.
Many things are reported to have happened on this day, which did not happen.  ( This is Fact )

13TH FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF

"ST CATHERINE dei RICCI; ST STEPHEN OF RIETTI; ST ERMENILDA OR ERMENGILD; ST MARTINIAN THE HERMIT; ST POLYEUCTES OF MELITENE; ST LICINUS OR LESIN; & ST MODOMNOC."

13TH 1689 "WILLIAM OF ORANGE" & "MARY" ASCENDED THE THRONE OF GREAT BRITAIN AS JOINT SOVEREIGNS.
13TH 1692 THE "McDONALDS" WERE MASSACRED BY THEIR ENEMIES, THE "CAMPBELLS" AT GLENCOE, SCOTLAND.
13TH 1866 "JESSE JAMES" HOLDS UP HIS FIRST BANK, AT LIBERTY, MISSOURI.
13TH 1867 "STRAUSS’S" WALTZ, ‘THE BLUE DANUBE’ WAS FIRST PLAYED PUBLICLY IN VIENNA.
13TH 1895 MOVING PICTURE PROJECTOR PATENTED.
13TH 1913 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IS FOUNDED.
13TH 1917 DUTCH SPY, "MATA HARI" WAS ARRESTED BY THE FRENCH.
13TH 1938 THE SYDNEY HARBOUR FERRY "RODNEY" CAPSIZED WITH ABOUT 150 PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE FERRY WAS LICENCED TO CARRY 60 PASSENGERS ON THE TOP DECK ONLY.
19 PEOPLE DIED.
13TH 1941 PENICILLIN USED IN U.K. FOR FIRST TIME.
13TH 1959 "BARBIE DOLL" GOES ON SALE.
13TH 1959 THE "MYER MUSIC BOWL" IS OPENED IN MELBOURNE.
13TH 1960 THE FRENCH CONDUCT THEIR FIRST ATOMIC BOMB IN THE SAHARA.
13TH 1969 TWO CAMBRIDGE SCIENTISTS SUCCEED IN FERTILISING A HUMAN EGG IN A TEST TUBE.
13TH 1970 A MAN-EATING TIGER IS REPORTED TO HAVE KILLED 48 PEOPLE, 80km FROM DELHI.
13TH 1971 U.S. VICE PRESIDENT HITS 2 TEE SHOTS INTO THE CROWD, INJURING 2 PEOPLE.
13TH 1975 PART OF MASLIN BEACH, 40km SOUTH OF ADELAIDE WAS DECLARED A LEGAL NUDIST BATHING AREA.
13TH 1976 "PAM AYRES," LEFT HER SECRETARIAL JOB TO BECOME A FULL-TIME POET.
13TH 1976 NEW ZEALAND SHEARER, "PETER CASSERLY" HAND SHEARS 353 LAMBS IN 9 HOURS.
13TH 1978 PART OF BOURKE ST. MELBOURNE IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC TO BECOME A MALL.
13TH 1978 2 GARBAGE COLLECTORS ARE KILLED AND 9 INJURED WHEN A BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE THE SYDNEY "HILTON HOTEL."
13TH 1979 IBM INTRODUCE THE MODEM SYSTEM ALLOWING COMPUTERS TO EXCHANGE DATA THROUGH THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
13TH 1979 SINGER, "LINDA RONSTADT" PERFORMED AT ADELAIDE OVAL.
13TH 1983 THE WORLD BOXING COUNCIL IS THE FIRST TO CUT BOXING FROM 15 TO 12 ROUNDS.
13TH 1987 A 5’6" BY 11’ BROOM CUPBOARD OPPOSITE "HARRODS" IN LONDON, IS PUT ON THE MARKET FOR poundsign.gif (137 bytes)36,500
13TH 1989 VIEWERS OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION SERIES, "HOME AND AWAY," LEARNED THAT "MORAG BELLINGHAM" (CORNELIA FRANCES) WAS THE REAL LIFE MOTHER OF "BOBBY SIMPSON" (NICOLLE DICKSON).
13TH 1990 U.S., FRANCE & ENGLAND GIVE GERMANY THE OK TO REUNIFY.
13TH 1998 THE CONSTITIONAL CONVENTION AT OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE CANBERRA CONCLUDED WITH A DIRECTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT PUT A REFERENDUM TO THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A MONARCHY OR REPUBLIC.
13TH 1999 TELEVISION NEWSREADER, "SANDRA SULLY" MARRIED BUSINESSMAN "MARK RYAN" IN SYDNEY.
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