23RD
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST POLYCARP OF SMYRNA; ST DOSITHEUS;
ST MILBURGA; ST ALEXANDER AKIMITES; ST BOISIL; & ST WILLIGIS." |
| 23RD |
1455 |
"JOHANNES GUTENBERG" PRINTS FIRST BOOK, ‘THE
BIBLE.’ |
| 23RD |
1554 |
"DUKE OF SUFFOLK,"
"HENRY GREY," FATHER OF "LADY JANE GREY" IS EXECUTED FOR SUPPORTING
HIS DAUGHTERS CAUSE. |
| 23RD |
1574 |
FIFTH WAR OF RELIGION BREAKS OUT IN FRANCE. |
| 23RD |
1836 |
THE SEIGE OF THE ALAMO BEGAN UNDER
MEXICAN GENERAL, "SANTA ANNA." |
| 23RD |
1849 |
A PUBLIC MEETING IN PERTH, REQUESTS THAT WESTERN AUSTRALIA BE
CONVERTED TO A PENAL SETTLEMENT TO AID THE FLAGGING COLONY. |
| 23RD |
1852 |
HMS BIRKENHEAD’ SINKS OFF
SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE LOSS OF 420 TROOPS. |
| 23RD |
1876 |
BOWEN, QUEENSLAND SUFFERS GREAT PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM A
CYCLONE. |
| 23RD |
1904 |
CONTROL OF THE PANAMA CANAL IS ACQUIRED
BY THE UNITED STATES FOR $10 MILLION. |
| 23RD |
1905 |
THE ROTARY CLUB IS FOUNDED BY LAWYER, "PAUL PERCY
HARRIS" IN CHICAGO. |
| 23RD |
1906 |
"TOMMY BURNS" BEATS
"MARVIN HART" FOR HEAVY-WEIGHT BOXING TITLE IN 20 ROUNDS. |
| 23RD |
1922 |
"HENRI LANDRU" IS EXECUTED IN FRANCE BECAUSE HE HAD
ELEVEN WIVES. |
| 23RD |
1929 |
RACEHORSE, "PHAR LAP" HAD HIS
FIRST RACE. |
| 23RD |
1938 |
OIL FIRST DISCOVERED IN KUWAIT. |
| 23RD |
1942 |
THE MAIN AUSTRALIAN FORCE ON TIMOR
SURRENDERS TO THE JAPANESE. |
| 23RD |
1954 |
U.S. EVANGELIST, "BILLY GRAHAM" BEGINS A THREE
MONTH TOUR OF THE U.K. HE DENIES HIS MISSION IS TO SAVE ENGLAND. |
| 23RD |
1955 |
"SEATO" COUNCIL HOLDS
IT’S FIRST MEETING IN BANKOK. |
| 23RD |
1956 |
SHEARERS BEGIN A 4 MONTH STRIKE OVER REDUCED WAGES. |
| 23RD |
1958 |
FIVE TIMES WORLD DRIVING CHAMPION,
"JUAN FANGIO" IS KIDNAPPED BY CUBAN REBELS. |
| 23RD |
1959 |
THE NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION IS FORMED AT A CANBERRA
CONFERENCE. |
| 23RD |
1960 |
90% OF ALL GOODS IMPORTED INTO
AUSTRALIA HAVE THEIR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS REMOVED. |
| 23RD |
1970 |
THE "INDIAN PACIFIC TRAIN," LINKING SYDNEY AND
PERTH BEGAN IT’S MAIDEN RUN. |
| 23RD |
1971 |
"GEORGE HARRISON" IS FINED
& HIS DRIVING LICENCE SUSPENDED FOR ONE YEAR. |
| 23RD |
1973 |
"LINDA ULVAEUS," DAUGHTER OF BJORN & AGNETHA,
(ABBA) IS BORN IN STOCKHOLM. |
| 23RD |
1973 |
POISONING FROM DRINKING LIQUOR
PURCHASED FROM A STORE IN SURAYAPET, ANDHRA PRADESH STATE, INDIA, KILLS 60 & MADE MORE
THAN 500 OTHERS ILL. |
| 23RD |
1974 |
MAIL WAS LAST DELIVERED ON A SATURDAY MORNING IN AUSTRALIA. |
| 23RD |
1980 |
AN OIL TANKER EXPLOSION OFF PILOS,
GREECE, CAUSES A 37 MILLION GALLON SPILL. |
| 23RD |
1986 |
TWO MAORI ACTIVISTS THROW EGGS AT THE QUEEN DURING A VISIT TO
AUKLAND. |
| 23RD |
1988 |
THE 15TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPENS IN
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA. |
| 23RD |
1990 |
THE STATE BANK OF VICTORIA ANNOUNCES A $1.345 billion LOSS. |
| 23RD |
1992 |
THE 16TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSES IN
ALBERTVILLE, FRANCE. |
| 23RD |
1996 |
THE COURTS HAND DOWN A DECISION IN FAVOUR OF "AUSTRALIAN
RUGBY LEAGUE" PREVENTING "NEWS LIMITED" FROM STARTING "SUPER
LEAGUE." |
| 23RD |
1997 |
FIRE LASTING 14 MINUTES ERUPTS ON
RUSSIA’S ‘MIR’ SPACE STATION. DAMAGE WAS MINOR & CREW OF SIX SUFFERED
NO SERIOUS INJURIES. |
| 23RD |
1999 |
A GUNMAN WENT BESERK IN HAWTHORN, MELBOURNE, MOMENTS AFTER
BEING STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC INFRINGMENT.
A SHOOT OUT FOLLOWED WITH SENIOR CONSTABLE, "STRIEGHER" BEING SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
HE WAS ARRESTED IN BUSY ROSANNA STREET, HEIDELBERG. |
| 23RD |
2000 |
"MAJOR GENERAL PETER
COSGROVE" RETURNS HOME TO AUSTRALIA AFTER LEADING THE WAY TO A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF
THE INDONESIAN INVASION & BRUTALITIES IN EAST TIMOR. "A TOP BLOKE!" |
| 23RD |
2000 |
ACTRESS, "HALLE BERRY" RAN A RED LIGHT AT 2.30am
WHILE DRIVING A RENTED CHEV BLAZER ON SUNSET BOULEVARD, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
THE WOMAN IN THE OTHER CAR BROKE HER WRIST; "HALLE" REQUIRED 20 STITCHES TO HER
HEAD. |
| 23RD |
2001 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER DROPPED A
BOMBSHELL AT A LIBERAL PARTY LUNCH, WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THE $8 MILLION DOLLARS SPENT ON THE
EVENT WOULD NOW GO TO PAYING RECENTLY WON NURSES PAY INCREASES. |
| 23RD |
2001 |
A TASMANIAN GRANDMOTHER WAS ALLOWED CREDIT AS SHE WAS 10cents
SHORT OF THE MONEY TO BUY THE LOTTERY TICKET, WHICH WON HER $9 MILLION. |
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