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ELEVEN DAYS

Thankyou to Perter Ferter
If you are reading this, On This Day, you will be aware of the importance of the facts as they happen.
Many things are reported to have happened on this day, which did not happen.  ( This is Fact )

17TH JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF

"ST SABINUS OF PIACENZA; ST JULIAN SABAS; ST ANTONY THE ABBOT; ST GEULF OR GENOU; ST RICHIMIR; ST SULPICUS II OR SULPICE OF BOURGES; & SAINTS SPEUSIPPUS, ELEUSIPPUS, & MELEUSSIPPUS."

17TH 1584 BOHEMIA ADOPTS THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR.
17TH 1718 AN AVALANCHE DESTROYS EVERY BUILDING IN LEUKERBAD, SWITZERLAND, KILLING 53.
17TH 1773 "CAPTAIN COOKS" ‘RESOLUTION’ BECAME THE FIRST SHIP TO CROSS THE ANTARCTIC CIRCLE.
17TH 1775 NINE ELDERLY WOMEN WERE BURNED AT KALISK, POLAND, AS WITCHES FOR CAUSING BAD HARVESTS.
17TH 1926 "GEORGE BURNS" MARRIES "GRACIE ALLEN."
17TH 1929 "POPEYE" MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE IN COMIC STRIP, "THIMBLE THEATRE."
17TH 1930 "NORMAN ‘WIZARD’ SMITH", SET A NEW WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD OF 148.637 miles per hour IN HIS CAR "ANZAC" ON THE SANDS OF NINETY MILE BEACH, KAITAIA, NEW ZEALAND.
17TH 1933 ENGLISH BOWLER, "HAROLD LARWOOD" FELLS AUSTRALIAN WICKETKEEPER/BATSMAN, "W.A. OLDFIELD" WITH A SHORT BALL AS BODYLINE REACHES ADELAIDE OVAL.
17TH 1944 MEAT RATIONING BEGINS IN AUSTRALIA.
17TH 1965 7 DIE IN VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES.
17TH 1966 A ‘B-52’ CARRYING 4 H-BOMBS COLLIDED WITH A REFUELLING TANKER, KILLING 8 OF THE CREW & RELEASING THE BOMBS.
17TH 1977 U.S. DOUBLE MURDERER "GARY GILMORE" BECAME THE FIRST TO BE EXECUTED IN THE USA IN A DECADE, HE CHOSE TO BE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD.
17TH 1978 THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POLICE COMMISSIONER, "HAROLD SALISBURY" IS DISMISSED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
17TH 1980 "DEBBIE WARDLEY" 26, BECOMES AUSTRALIA’S FIRST FEMALE COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOT.
17TH 1989 A GUNMAN OPENS FIRE IN A CALIFORNIA SCHOOLYARD, KILLING 5 STUDENTS & WOUNDING 30.
17TH 1991 IRAQ FIRES 8 SCUD MISSILES AT ISRAEL.
17TH 1992 7 WERE KILLED BY AN IRA BOMB IN COUNTY TYRONE, NORTHERN IRELAND.
17TH 1994 61 PEOPLE DIE IN AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.6. ON THE RICHTER SCALE, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
$30 BILLION DAMAGE WAS CAUSED.
17TH 1995 "SHELLEY TAYLOR-SMITH" SWIMS 90km SYDNEY TO WOLLONGONG IN 12hrs 24mins 7secs TO BREAK "DES RENFORD’S" RECORD BY MORE THAN 15hrs.
17TH 1995 "AUSTRALIA" DEFEATED "AUSTRALIA ‘A’" TO WIN CRICKETS WORLD SERIES CUP.
17TH 1995 MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE DIED WHEN A VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 7.2 ON THE RICHTER SCALE STRUCK THE CITY OF KOBE, JAPAN.
17TH 1997 THE FIRST DIVORCE IN IRELAND WAS GRANTED.
17TH 1998 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALLER, "GREG ANDERSON" WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED WHEN A SHARK ATTACKED HIM WHILE HE WAS SURFING AT MIDDLETON, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
17TH 1998 U.S. PRESIDENT, "CLINTON" FACES SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES FROM "PAULA JONES."
17TH 1998 U.S. BUTTERFLY SWIMMER, "MATT ZELEN" SWAM MOST OF A 100metre EVENT NAKED AFTER HIS BATHERS FELL OFF DURING THE EVENT BECAUSE HE FORGOT TO TIE THEM.
HE WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR BREAKING UNIFORM CODES.
17TH 2000 A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ASKING FOR THE COMMISSIONING OF THE ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND, SOLD AT AUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND FOR $40,000
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