25TH
FEBRUARY
NATIONAL DAY OF KUWAIT.
FEAST DAY OF
ST ETHELBERT OF KENT; ST WALBURGA; ST
GERLAND; ST LOUIS VERSIGLIA; ST CAESARIUS OF NAZIANZEN; & ST CALIXTO CARAVARIO. |
| 25TH |
1308 |
CORONATION OF "KING EDWARD II" OF ENGLAND. |
| 25TH |
1570 |
"POPE PIUS V" EXCOMMINICATES
"QUEEN ELIZABETH I." |
| 25TH |
1793 |
"WILLIAM BAMPTON’S" SHAH HORMUZEAR ARRIVES
AT PORT JACKSON WITH A CARGO OF LIVESTOCK, INCLUDING ABOUT 100 BENGAL SHEEP. |
| 25TH |
1802 |
"MATTHEW FLINDERS" BEGINS A
SURVEY OF PORT LINCOLN & SPENCERS GULF, IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
IT WAS COMPLETED ON 20-3-1802. |
| 25TH |
1825 |
ABORIGINAL OUTLAWS, "MUSQUITO" & "BLACK
JACK" ARE HANGED IN HOBART. |
| 25TH |
1836 |
"SAMUEL COLT" PATENTS THE
FIRST REVOLVING BARREL MULTISHOT FIREAEM. |
| 25TH |
1838 |
A LONDON PEDESTRIAN WALKS 20 MILES BACKWARD, THEN FORWARD IN
8 HOURS. |
| 25TH |
1848 |
"LUDWIG LEICHHARDT" SETS OUT
FROM CANNING STATION ON THE DARLING DOWNS, IN HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO CROSS AUSTRALIA FROM
EAST TO WEST.
THE FATE OF THE PARTY REMAINS UNKNOWN, WITH THE LAST COMMUNICATION ON 4th APRIL. |
| 25TH |
1854 |
"T.S. MORT" BEGINS WORK ON BUILDING A DRY DOCK
‘MORT’S DOCK’ AT BALMAIN, SYDNEY. |
| 25TH |
1863 |
10 PEOPLE DIED WHEN THE MacLEAY RIVER
IN NSW FLOODS. |
| 25TH |
1864 |
WORK BEGINS ON QUEENSLAND’S FIRST RAILWAY LINE; FROM
IPSWICH TO TOOWOOMBA. |
| 25TH |
1880 |
THE NSW PARLIAMENT ANNOUNCES IT IS
WITHDRAWING ALL STATE AID TO CHURCH SCHOOLS FROM 31-12-1882, WITH THE GOVERNMENT TAKING
FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRIMARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION. |
| 25TH |
1913 |
"EMMELINE PANKHURST," ENGLISH SUFFRAGUTTE GOES ON
TRIAL FOR BOMBING THE HOME OF "DAVID LLOYD GEORGE," EXCHEQUER. |
| 25TH |
1913 |
AMERICA INTRODUCES FEDERAL INCOME TAX. |
| 25TH |
1933 |
FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER ‘USS RANGER’ IS
LAUNCHED. |
| 25TH |
1933 |
THE NEW ESCALATOR AT THE ADELAIDE JOHN
MARTINS STORE CARRIED AN ESTIMATED 30,797 AMAZED & CURIOUS PEOPLE ON THE FIRST DAY OF
OPERATION. |
| 25TH |
1948 |
TASMANIAN PREMIER "ROBERT COSGROVE" RESUMES HIS
LEADERSHIP, AFTER BEING ACQUITTED OF BRIBERY, CONSPIRACY, & CORUPTION CHARGES. |
| 25TH |
1955 |
HMS ARK ROYAL WAS COMPLETED, THE
LARGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER EVER BUILT IN BRITAIN. |
| 25TH |
1955 |
ADELAIDE’S WEST BEACH AIRPORT OPENS. |
| 25TH |
1955 |
AT LEAST 22 PEOPLE DROWN, ABOUT 100
HOMES ARE SWEPT AWAY, & MORE THAN 2,000 HOMES ARE FLOODED DURING FLOODS AT MAITLAND,
NSW. |
| 25TH |
1955 |
BRITISH PETROLEUM BEGINS OPERATIONS AT IT’S KWINANA,
WESTERN AUSTRALIA REFINERY. |
| 25TH |
1957 |
"BUDDY HOLLY" RECORDS ‘THAT’LL
BE THE DAY’ IN NEW MEXICO. |
| 25TH |
1961 |
THE LAST TRAMS RUN IN SYDNEY. |
| 25TH |
1961 |
ADELAIDES ‘SAVOY NEWSREEL
CINEMA’ IN RUNDLE STREET CLOSED. IT RE-OPENED SEVERAL DAYS LATER AS THE GLOBE AND
SHOWED NEWSREELS FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS. |
| 25TH |
1961 |
"ELVIS PRESLEY" MAKES HIS FIRST PUBLIC STAGE
APPEARANCE IN FOUR YEARS IN MEMPHIS. |
| 25TH |
1964 |
SYDNEY’S, "LYCEUM
THEATRE" IS DESTROYED BY FIRE. |
| 25TH |
1964 |
"CASSIUS CLAY" LATER KNOWN AS "MUHAMMED
ALI" DEFEATS "SONNY LISTON" FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING TITLE. |
| 25TH |
1967 |
THE ‘BOSTON STRANGLER,’
"ALBERT DeSALVO" IS SIEZED BY POLICE, 24 HOURS AFTER ESCAPING FROM A MENTAL
INSTITUTION. |
| 25TH |
1968 |
A REPORT ON THE SECOND VOYAGER ROYAL COMMISSION.
CLEARS MELBOURNE COMMANDING OFFICER (Capt. R. J. ROBERTSON) OF ANY BLAME, PLACING
ALL FAULT FOR THE DISASTER WITH VOYAGER. |
| 25TH |
1968 |
TWENTY AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ARE KILLED
& 80 WOUNDED IN OPERATION COBURG FOLLOWING TET OFFENSIVE IN VIETNAM. |
| 25TH |
1974 |
BRITAIN’S "VERONICA & COLIN SCARGILL"
BEGAN A TANDEM BICYCLE RIDE, A RECORD 18,020 MILES AROUND THE WORLD, COMPLETING THE
JOURNEY ON AUGUST 27TH 1975. |
| 25TH |
1982 |
A SNOWMOBILE ATTAINS A RECORD 239kph. |
| 25TH |
1982 |
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES IT’S DECISION TO
PURCHAES HMS INVINCIBLE FROM ENGLAND. |
| 25TH |
1983 |
AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS, "JACKI
WEAVER" AND TELEVISION AND RADIO PERSONALITY, "DERYN HINCH" MARRY WITH
POLITICIAN ANDREW PEACOCK AS BEST MAN. |
| 25TH |
1985 |
"CORAZON AQUINO" BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES. |
| 25TH |
1986 |
SEVERAL THOUSAND EGYPTIAN MILITARY
POLICE STORMED 4 LUXURY HOTELS NEAR THE PYRAMIDS AT GIZA, TERRORISING GUESTS, SETTING
FIRES, & LOOTING. |
| 25TH |
1988 |
U.S. TELEVISION EVANGELIST "JIMMY SWAGGART" WAS
SUSPENDED AFTER IT BECAME KNOWN HE HAD VISITED A PROSTITUTE FOR THREE YEARS. |
| 25TH |
1990 |
ROCK STAR "STEVIE NICKS"
BROKE DOWN DURING A BBC INTERVIEW, SAYING THAT SHE WILL NEVER HAVE CHILDREN & NO MAN
CAN STAND HER FOR LONG. |
| 25TH |
1991 |
THE RESERVE PRICE SCHEME FOR WOOL IS SUSPENDED, FORCING
PRICES TO RECORD LOW PRICES. |
| 25TH |
1996 |
CAMBODIAN DOCTOR & ACTOR,
"HAING NGOR" WHO WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HIS ROLE IN THE 1984 FILM ‘THE
KILLING FIELDS’ WAS SHOT TO DEATH WHILE BEING ROBBED OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE IN LOS
ANGELES. |
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