17TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS THEODULUS & JULIAN; ST
EVERMOD; ST LOMAN’ ST FINTAN OF CLONEENAGH; & ST FINAN OF LINDISFARNE." |
| 17TH |
1688 |
REVEREND, "JAMES RENWICK" IS HANGED IN SCOTLAND FOR
BEING A PRESBYTERIAN. |
| 17TH |
1795 |
"THOMAS SEDDAL" OF CHESTER,
ENGLAND, HARVESTS AN 8.3kg POTATO FROM HIS GARDEN. |
| 17TH |
1825 |
THE SHIP ALMORAH WHICH WAS CHARTERED TO BRING
"FLOUR, RICE, ETC" FROM BATAVIA, IS ARRESTED IN SYDNEY FOR CARRYING TEA,
CONTRARY TO EAST INDIA COMPANY CHARTER. |
| 17TH |
1864 |
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL SUBMARINE TORPEDO
ATTACK TOOK PLACE WHEN THE USS HOUSATONIC WAS SUNK BY THE CONFEDERATE SUBMARINE HANLEY
IN CHARLESTON HARBOUR. THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION ALSO BLEW
UP THE SUBMARINE, KILLING ALL ON BOARD. |
| 17TH |
1867 |
THE FIRST SHIP PASSES THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL. |
| 17TH |
1880 |
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE ON THE LIFE OF
RUSSIAN TSAR, "ALEXANDER II" WITH A BOMB AT THE WINTER PALACE, ST PETERSBURG. |
| 17TH |
1881 |
THE FIRST OFFICERS OF THE "SALVATION ARMY,"
"CAPTAIN THOMAS SUTHERLAND" AND HIS WIFE ARRIVED IN ADELAIDE; THE AUSTRALIAN
CORPS WERE FORMED SOON AFTER. |
| 17TH |
1888 |
MACKAY, QUEENSLAND, IS SEVERELY DAMAGED
BY A CYCLONE, WITH 2 SHIPS WRECKED. |
| 17TH |
1926 |
BUSHFIRES RAGING IN VICTORIA HAVE LEFT AT LEAST 30 DEAD. |
| 17TH |
1930 |
19 YEAR OLD "NORMAN WILLIAM
CLARK" IS TAKEN BY A SHARK AT BRIGHTON BEACH, VICTORIA. |
| 17TH |
1933 |
CARTOON CHARACTERS, "BLONDIE" &
"DAGWOOD" MARRY. DAGWOODS FATHER PROMPTLY DISINHERITS HIM. |
| 17TH |
1936 |
"REG ANSETT" BEGINS
"ANSETT AIRWAYS" WITH A SERVICE BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND HAMILTON, VICTORIA. |
| 17TH |
1936 |
DEBUT OF "THE PHANTOM" CARTOON STRIP BY "LEE
FALK." |
| 17TH |
1942 |
PRIME MINISTER CURTIN CABLES LONDON
DEMANDING THE RETURN OF THE AIF 6TH & 7TH DIVISION FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO AUSTRALIA. |
| 17TH |
1957 |
THE SUEZ CANAL REOPENS. |
| 17TH |
1968 |
"JOHN LENNON" &
"GEORGE HARRISON" SIGN IN AT THE "MARAHISHI YOGI’S" ACADEMY IN
THE HIMALAYLAS. |
| 17TH |
1969 |
"BOB DYLAN" & "JOHNNY CASH" RECORD AN
ALBUM. IT IS NEVER RELEASED. |
| 17TH |
1972 |
THE 15,007,034th VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
ROLLS OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, SURPASSING THE OLD RECORD SET BY THE MODEL ‘T’
FORD. |
| 17TH |
1972 |
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS VOTES IN FAVOUR OF BRITAIN JOINING THE
COMMON MARKET. |
| 17TH |
1974 |
49 DIE IN A STAMPEDE FOR SEATS TO A
SOCCER MATCH IN CAIRO, EGYPT. |
| 17TH |
1989 |
"DAVID COVERDALE" A ROCKER WITH
‘WHITESNAKE’ MARRIES ACTRESS, "TAWNY KITAEN." |
| 17TH |
1990 |
EAST GERMANY ANNOUNCES IT WILL TEAR
DOWN A 180m SECTION OF THE BERLIN WALL NEAR BRANDENBURG GATE. |
| 17TH |
1999 |
KURDISH DEMONSTRATORS STORMED GREEK EMBASSIES AROUND THE
WORLD OVER THE GREEK GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO HAND OVER SEPERATIST LEADER
"ABDULLAH OCALAN." |
| 17TH |
1999 |
ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST, "KEVIN
BUZZACOTT," COVERED IN ASHES, & SPEARED THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG DURING AN ACT OF
SACRELIGE IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA. |
| 17TH |
1999 |
AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER, "SUSIE O’NEILL" 25, SET A
SHORT COURSE WORLD RECORD FOR WOMEN’S 200m BUTTERFLY IN MALMO, SWEDEN, TAKING 0.28
SECONDS OFF THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1981. |
| 17TH |
2001 |
ONE NATION IS PART OF THE BLAME FOR THE
LIBERAL/NATIONAL PARTY POOR SHOWING IN THE QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS. |
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