26TH
JANUARY
NATIONAL DAY OF AUSTRALIA
& INDIA.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST TIMOTHY; ST MARGARET OF HUNGARY; ST
ALBERIC; ST PAULA; ST CONAN OF MAN; ST TITUS; ST EYSTEIN; & ST THORDGITH OR
THEORIGITHA OF BARKING." |
| 26TH |
1340 |
ENGLISH KING, "EDWARD III" PROCLAIMED KING OF
FRANCE. |
| 26TH |
1788 |
THE FIRST FLEET ARRIVES AT SYDNEY COVE. |
| 26TH |
1788 |
THE FIRST WHITE CHILD IS BORN IN AUSTRALIA; A SON, TO THE
WIFE OF MARINE, "SGT THOMAS WHITTLE." |
| 26TH |
1809 |
"JOHN HOSKING" &
"ISAAC LYONS" THE FIRST TRAINED TEACHERS ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA ABOARD THE AEOLUS.
"HOSKING" TAKES CHARGE OF THE FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL. |
| 26TH |
1818 |
FIRST AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD. |
| 26TH |
1841 |
HONG KONG WAS PROCLAIMED A BRITISH
SOVEREIGN TERRITORY. |
| 26TH |
1842 |
"LUIGI DALLE CASE," OPENED HIS AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC
THEATRE IN HUNTER STREET, SYDNEY, FEATURING TIGHT ROPE DANCING, CLOWNING AND
EQUESTRIANISM. |
| 26TH |
1858 |
THE FIRST TELEPHONE LINE IN NSW OPENS
BETWEEN SYDNEY GPO & SOUTH HEAD. |
| 26TH |
1865 |
"CONSTABLE SAMUEL NELSON" IS SHOT DEAD BY
"JOHN DUNN" WHEN THE BUSHRANGERS, "BEN HALL, JOHN GILBERT, & DUNN"
RAID THE TOWNSHIP OF COLLECTOR, NSW. |
| 26TH |
1868 |
THE CLIPPER CITY OF MELBOURNE CATCHES
FIRE & SINKS AT WILLIAMSTOWN. |
| 26TH |
1875 |
ELECTRIC DENTAL DRILL IS PATENTED BY, "GEORGE F.
GREEN." |
| 26TH |
1896 |
18 PEOPLE ARE KILLED WHEN A CYCLONE
CAUSES SEVERE DAMAGE IN TOWNSVILLE & BOWEN, QLD. |
| 26TH |
1905 |
THE 3,106-CARAT CULLINAN DIAMOND, WEIGHING 114lbs, WAS FOUND
BY "CAPTAIN WELLS" AT THE PREMIER MINE, NEAR PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 26TH |
1925 |
RADIO STATION 3AR BEGINS BROADCASTING
IN MELBOURNE. |
| 26TH |
1925 |
2UE, AUSTRALIAS OLDEST RADIO STATION BEGAN BROADCASTING AS
2EU (ELECTRICAL UTILITIES). |
| 26TH |
1950 |
INDIA BECAME A REPUBLIC. |
| 26TH |
1952 |
17 BRITONS ARE MURDERED BY A RAMPAGING ANTI-ENGLISH MOB IN
THE EGYPTIAN CAPITAL OF CAIRO. |
| 26TH |
1956 |
BRITAIN IMPOSES A TOTAL BAN ON THE
IMPORT & EXPORT OF THE DRUG HEROIN. |
| 26TH |
1956 |
THE 7TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN CORTINA d’AMPEZZO,
ITALY. |
| 26TH |
1956 |
"BUDDY HOLLY" HAS HIS FIRST
FORMAL RECORDING SESSION. |
| 26TH |
1962 |
U.S. LAUNCHES ‘RANGER 3,’ WHICH MISSES THE
MOON BY 37,000km. |
| 26TH |
1962 |
BISHOP "BURKE" OF THE BUFFALO
CATHOLIC DIOCESES DECLARES "CHUBBY CHECKER’S," "THE TWIST,"
IMPURE & BANS IT FROM ALL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. |
| 26TH |
1963 |
PERTH’S "MOONSTRUCK MURDERER" ERIC EDGAR COOKE
STRUCK FOR THE FIRST OF SEVERAL FULL MOON MURDERS. COOKE WAS ARRESTED ON SEPTEMBER 2, AND
HANGED ON OCTOBER 27 1964. |
| 26TH |
1966 |
THE BEAUMONT CHILDREN, "JANE 9,
ARNNA 7, AND GRANT 4", DISAPPEAR FROM GLENELG BEACH ADELAIDE; POLICE FEAR FOWL PLAY
AND DOUBT THEY WILL EVER BE FOUND. |
| 26TH |
1966 |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS A GOVERNMENT MINISTER, "DAME
ANNABELLE RANKIN" IS SWORN INTO THE HOLT GOVERNMENT MINISTRY. |
| 26TH |
1968 |
THE ISRAELI SUBMARINE ‘DAKAR’
CRASHES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, 69 DIED. |
| 26TH |
1968 |
"CHARLES MANSON" CONVICTED OF MURDER. |
| 26TH |
1972 |
STEWARDESS, "VESNA VULOVIC,"
SURVIVES A 10,160 METRE FALL WITHOUT A PARACHUTE. |
| 26TH |
1972 |
"MARY DECKER" BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN A MILE
IN UNDER 41/2 MINUTES. |
| 26TH |
1984 |
"MARATHON RUNNER "ROBERT
DeCASTELLA IS NAMED AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR. |
| 26TH |
1988 |
AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES IT’S BICENTENIAL YEAR WITH 2.5
MILLION PEOPLE ATTENDING CELEBRATIONS ON SYDNEY HARBOUR, INCLUDING THE PARADE OF TALL
SHIPS. |
| 26TH |
1991 |
NEW YORK LOTTO $90million IS SHARED BY
9 WINNERS. |
| 26TH |
1993 |
ROCK STAR, "MANDAWUY YUNUPINGU", IS NAMED
AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR. |
| 26TH |
1994 |
PRINCE CHARLES IS ATTACKED BY A MAN WHO
FIRES TWO SHOTS FROM A STARTING PISTOL DURING OPEN AIR FUNCTION AT DARLING HARBOUR,
SYDNEY. |
| 26TH |
1996 |
"MR. DOUGLAS JOSEPH ASHTON, AND MRS. PHYLLIS EVELYN
ASHTON," OF "ASHTONS CIRCUS", ARE RECIPIENTS TODAY OF THE OAM (MEDAL IN THE
ORDER OF AUSTRALIA). |
| 26TH |
1998 |
ATHLETE, "KATHY FREEMAN," IS
NAMED AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR. |
| 26TH |
1998 |
GROUP 1 HORSE RACING IS HELD UNDER LIGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME
AT MOONEE VALLEY; SHANE DYE WON THE FIRST RACE ON THE FILLY "STELLA CADENTE." |
| 26TH |
1998 |
INTEL LAUNCHES 333 Mhz PENTIUM II CHIP. |
| 26TH |
1998 |
PRESIDENT "CLINTON" SAYS, "I WANT TO SAY ONE
THING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN, "MISS
LEWINSKY." |
| 26TH |
2001 |
FOUR WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POLICE OFFICERS
DIE WHEN THEIR DEPARTMENTAL PLANE CRASHED NEAR NEWMAN IN THE NORTH OF W.A. |
| 26TH |
2001 |
AN EARTHQUAKE ON INDIA’S NATIONAL DAY, LEVELS MUCH OF
THE WESTERN INDIAN STATE, GUJARAT, LEAVING A DEATH TOLL OF MORE THAN 20,000 |
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