22ND
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST BARADATES; ST MARGARET OF
CORTONA; & SAINTS THALASSIUS & LIMNAEUS." |
| 22ND |
606 |
"SABINIAN" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 22ND |
1630 |
THE INDIANS INTRODUCED THE PILGRIMS TO
POPCORN, AT THANKSGIVING. |
| 22ND |
1791 |
"JAMES RUSE" RECEIVES FIRST OFFICIAL NSW LAND
GRANT, BECOMING FIRST SELF-SUPPORTING FARMER IN THE COLONY. |
| 22ND |
1819 |
SPAIN CEDED FLORIDA TO THE USA. |
| 22ND |
1855 |
THE TRIALS OF 13 CHARGED WITH TREASON AT EUREKA BEGAN.
ALL WERE AQUITTED. |
| 22ND |
1879 |
"FRANK WINFIELD WOOLWORTH,"
OPENS A FIVE CENT STORE IN UTICA, NEW YORK. |
| 22ND |
1888 |
"JOHN REID" OF SCOTLAND DEMONSTRATES THE GAME OF
GOLF TO AMERICA AT YONKERS, NEW YORK. |
| 22ND |
1889 |
MELBOURNES "BIJOU THEATRE" IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE, CLAIMING 2 LIVES. |
| 22ND |
1896 |
A FIERCE STORM DEMOLISHES THE STANDS AT ADELAIDE’S
KENSINGTON OVAL. |
| 22ND |
1900 |
WHALING OUT OF HOBART CEASES. |
| 22ND |
1920 |
THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL RABBIT IS USED AT A DOG RACE TRACK AT
EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA, USA. |
| 22ND |
1928 |
ON THE FIRST SOLO FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO
AUSTRALIA, "BERT HINKLER" LANDS HIS ‘AVRO AVIAN’ AT DARWIN AFTER A
RECORD BREAKING 151/2 DAY FLIGHT. |
| 22ND |
1935 |
SYDNEY RADIO STATION 2UW BEGINS 24hr BROADCASTING. |
| 22ND |
1940 |
FIVE YEAR OLD "TENZIN GYATSO"
IS ENTHRONED THE 14th DALAI LAMA IN LHASA, TIBET. |
| 22ND |
1941 |
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPRINT MILLS AT BOYER, TASMANIA, BEGIN
PRODUCING NEWSPRINT. |
| 22ND |
1955 |
POWER FROM THE GUTHEGA POWER STATION,
THE FIRST GENEREATED BY THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS SCHEME, IS FED INTO THE NSW ELECTRICITY
SYSTEM. |
| 22ND |
1955 |
"MAUREEN ‘LITTLE MO’ CONNOLLY"
RETIRESFROM TENNIS & SAYS SHE PLANS TO MARRY. |
| 22ND |
1956 |
"ELVIS PRESLEY" ENTERS THE
U.S. CHARTS WITH "HEARTBREAK HOTEL." |
| 22ND |
1957 |
IN THE U.K. THE ‘VULCAN’ BOMBER GOES INTO
OPERATIONAL SERVICE WITH THE RAF. |
| 22ND |
1958 |
AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER "JON
KONRADS" SETS 6 WORLD RECORDS IN 2 DAYS. |
| 22ND |
1963 |
THE "BEATLES" BEGIN THEIR OWN MUSIC PUBLISHING
COMPANY, ‘NORTHERN SONGS.’ |
| 22ND |
1965 |
"PRINCE PHILIP" OPENS THE
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT IN CANBERRA. |
| 22ND |
1965 |
ABORIGINALS LED BY "CHARLES PERKINS" RIDE THROUGH
NSW ON A FREEDOM RIDE AGAINST SEGREGATION. |
| 22ND |
1980 |
A TWIN ENGINED BEECHCRAFT BARON HITS
SEA WALL END OF RUNWAY AT SYDNEY AIRPORT KILLING 13. |
| 22ND |
1984 |
THE HIGH COURT DISMISSES "LINDY CHAMBERLAINS"
APPEAL AGAINST HER CONVICTION & LIFE SENTENCE FOR THE MURDER OF HER DAUGHTER
"AZARIA." |
| 22ND |
1989 |
22 YEAR OLD ANIMAL ATTENDANT
"BRETT HALL" OF "ASHTONS CIRCUS" SUFFERED LACERATIONS TO HIS RIGHT LEG
WHEN A BENGAL TIGER "MOSCOW" MAULED HIM AT MORUYA, NSW. |
| 22ND |
1989 |
"DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY" WINS GRAMMY AS SONG OF
THE YEAR. |
| 22ND |
1991 |
ACTOR "BILL BIXBY" 57,
MARRIES "LAURA MICHAEL" 32. |
| 22ND |
1993 |
THE U.N SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDE TO CREATE A WAR CRIMES
TRIBUNAL TO DEAL WITH THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, THE FIRST SINCE NUREMBERG. |
| 22ND |
1994 |
OZ LOTTO IS DRAWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 22ND |
1999 |
ORGANISED CRIME IS BLAMED WHEN TWO MEN OPENED FIRE IN A
WOOLONGONG STREET, KILLING ONE PERSON, "VEDRAN RAVNJAK" & INDISCRIMINATELY
INJURING 8 OTHERS. |
| 22ND |
1999 |
"EUGENIE" TOOK THE SCRIPT OF
"GRAHAM GUY’S" HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL NOVEL "ELEVEN DAYS" TO
"PEACOCK PUBLISHERS." |
| 22ND |
2001 |
PROMINENT ABORIGINAL LEADER, "LOWITJA
O’DONOGHUE" ADMITS SHE & HER FOUR SIBLINGS WERE NOT STOLEN, BUT GIVEN AWAY
BY HER FATHER.. |
| 22ND |
2001 |
A POSTCARD SENT FROM QUEENSLAND TO
SCOTLAND, 112 YEARS AGO REACHED IT’S DESTINATION. THE POSTCARD WITH A 3d STAMP
WAS FRANKED & STAMPED IN BRISBANE ON 4TH JANUARY 1889 |
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