28TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST OSWALD OF WORCESTER; ST
LUPICINUS; ST HILARIUS, POPE; ST PROTERIUS; & ST ROMANUS." |
| 28TH |
1066 |
WESTMINSTER ABBEY OPENS. |
| 28TH |
1784 |
FOUNDER OF THE WESLEYAN FAITH,
"JOHN WESLEY," SIGNS IT’S DEED OF DECLARATION. |
| 28TH |
1814 |
THE LAST INHABITANTS LEAVE NORFOLK ISLAND; IT REMAINS
UNOCCUPIED FOR THE NEXT 11 YEARS. |
| 28TH |
1888 |
THE "BARRIER MINER" NEWSPAPER
BEGINS PUBLICATION IN BROKEN HILL. |
| 28TH |
1890 |
MORE THAN 130 PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES WHEN THE PASSENGER
LINER QUETTA HIT AN UNCHARTERED ROCK AND SANK IN THE TORRES STRAIT. |
| 28TH |
1893 |
"EDWARD ACHESON" OF
PENNSYLVANIA, USA, PATENTS AN ABRASIVE WHICH HE NAMES CARBORUNDUM. |
| 28TH |
1900 |
"CITIZEN’S BUSHMEN’S CORPS" FROM NSW
& SOUTH AUSTRALIA LEAVE FOR SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 28TH |
1912 |
THE FIRST PARACHUTE JUMP IS MADE OVER
MISSOURI, USA. |
| 28TH |
1919 |
AN INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN NSW, CAUSES THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS,
THEATRES, LIBRARIES, & CHURCHES.
THE WEARING OF MASKS IS MADE COMPULSORY. |
| 28TH |
1932 |
THE SECTION OF SYDNEY’S
UNDERGROUND RAILWAY, FROM CENTRAL TO WYNYARD OPENS. |
| 28TH |
1950 |
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT BANS THE SALE OF COCA-COLA. |
| 28TH |
1959 |
AT SIX O’CLOCK ON ABC TELEVISION,
"JOHNNY O’KEEFE’s" TELEVISION SHOW, "SIX O’CLOCK ROCK,"
PREMIERED.
THE CLOCK STRIKING SIX TIMES AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SHOW WAS SHOT IN THE TOWER AT
PADDINGTON TOWN HALL, SYDNEY.
THE DANCERS WERE, "LEE NIELSON" & "MILTON MITCHELL." |
| 28TH |
1966 |
THE BEATLES FORMER HANGOUT IN LIVERPOOL, THE "CAVERN
CLUB" CLOSES. |
| 28TH |
1970 |
9 AUSTRALIANS ARE KILLED & 29 ARE
WOUNDED IN THREE INCIDENTS IN THE LONG HAI MOUNTAINS OF PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM. |
| 28TH |
1972 |
THE WOMEN’S ELECTORAL LOBBY IS FORMED. |
| 28TH |
1973 |
A BILL IS INTRODUCED INTO FEDERAL
PARLIAMENT TO REDUCE THE VOTING AGE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS FROM 21 TO 18. |
| 28TH |
1975 |
42 DIE IN LONDON TUBE DISASTER AT MOORGATE STATION. |
| 28TH |
1986 |
SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER, "OLOF
PALMER" WAS SHOT DEAD AS HE WALKED HOME FROM A CINEMA IN STOCKHOLM. |
| 28TH |
1991 |
"CHRISTIAN BRANDO" SON OF ACTOR "MARLON
BRANDO" & HIS FIRST WIFE "ANNA KASHFI" IS CONVICTED OF THE MANSLAUGHTER
OF "MARLON’S" DAUGHTER, IN LOS ANGELES. |
| 28TH |
1991 |
THE U.S. & IT’S ALLIED FORCES
GRANT A CEASE FIRE TO IRAQ. |
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