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  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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