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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 )

29TH JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF

"ST SAINIAN OF TROYES; ST SULPICIUS ‘SEVERUS’; & ST GILDAS THE WISE."

29TH 1820 "KING GEORGE III," DIED INSANE AT WINDSOR CASTLE, ENDING A REIGN WHICH SAW BOTH THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS.
29TH 1839 ENGLISH NATURALIST, "CHARLES DARWIN" MARRIES "EMMA WEDGWOOD."
29TH 1848 SCOTLAND ADOPTS GREENWICH MEAN TIME.
29TH 1856 BRITAINS HIGHEST MILITARY DECORATION THE "VICTORIA CROSS" WAS INSTITUTED BY QUEEN VICTORIA.
29TH 1886 THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PETROL DRIVEN MOTOR CAR WAS PATENTED BY "KARL BENZ."
29TH 1896 DOCTOR "EMILE GRUBBE" IS THE FIRST TO USE RADIATION TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER.
29TH 1916 PARIS WAS BOMBED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WORLD WAR I BY GERMAN ZEPPELINS.
29TH 1923 AT MADRID, SPAIN, "JUAN de la CIERVA" IS THE FIRST TO FLY THE AUTOGIRO.
29TH 1924 ICE CREAM CONE ROLLING MACHINE PATENTED BY "CARL TAYLOR" OF CLEVELAND, USA.
29TH 1938 THE P & O LINER ‘STRATHEDEN’ DOCKED AT OUTER HARBOR, ADELAIDE, FOR THE FIRST TIME.
29TH 1943 NEW ZEALAND CRUISER, ‘KIWI’ COLLIDES WITH JAPANESE SUBMARINE ‘I-I’ AT GUADALCANAL.
29TH 1944 285 GERMAN BOMBERS ATTACK LONDON.
29TH 1945 AN AUSTRALIAN BEAUFORT BOMBER ‘A9-106’ DISAPPEARS IN BAD WEATHER IN NEW GUINEA, WITH ITS CREW,
"N.McK. THEWLIS, J.G. THOMPSON, M.J. HEWETT,
F.T. BURGESS, J.A. STANDING, W.B. LUCK, J.H.A. SMITH."
THE PLANE WAS DISCOVERED ON FERUARY 6, 1997 AND THE MEN BURIED ON 31st JULY 1997.
29TH 1950 A TRIO OF EARTHQUAKES IN IRAN CLAIMS 1,500 LIVES.
29TH 1951 ACTRESS, "LIZ TAYLOR" DIVORCES "CONRAD HILTON jr," HER FIRST.
29TH 1957 DANISH ARCHITECT, "JOERN UTZON," WINS THE COMPETITION TO DESIGN THE PROPOSED SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE.
29TH 1958 ACTOR, "PAUL NEWMAN" & ACTRESS, "JOANNE WOODWARD" MARRY.
29TH 1964 THE 9TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA.
29TH 1966 AUSTRALIAN BATSMEN, "BILL LAWRY" & BOB SIMPSON" COMPLETE A 244 OPENING STAND AGAINST ENGLAND IN ADELAIDE.
29TH 1969 "SHEAHAN" & "CONNOLLY" HANG ON FOR AN EXCITING CRICKET DRAW AGAINST WEST INDIES.
29TH 1971 TEST CRICKET DEBUT FOR "DENNIS KEITH LILLEE," ENGLAND v’s AUSTRALIA, IN ADELAIDE.
29TH 1978 THE USE OF ENVIROMENTALLY DAMAGING "CHLOROFLOUROCARBOBS" IN AEROSOL CANS WAS BANNED IN SWEDEN.
29TH 1979 "BRENDA SPENCER" KILLS 2, INSPIRING THE "BOOMTOWN RATS" SONG, "I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS."
29TH 1979 "EMERSON, LAKE, & PALMER" DISBAND AFTER 10 YEARS TOGETHER.
29TH 1984 ACTRESS, "LYNDA CARTER" (WONDERWOMAN) MARRIES "ROBERT ALTMAN."
29TH 1991 IN THE GULF WAR IRAQ BEGAN IT’S FIRST MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO SAUDI ARABIA.
29TH 1994 OLYMPIC SKIER, "ULRIKE MAIER" 26, IS KILLED DURING A WORLD CUP SKI EVENT.
29TH 1995 "GREG BLEWETT" SCORES A TEST CRICKET CENTURY ON DEBUT AGAINST ENGLAND IN ADELAIDE.
29TH 1996 LAST DAY OF TEST CRICKET FOR "DAVID BOON."
29TH 1998 AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, "JOHN HOWARD" OPENED THE "BRADMAN COLLECTION" OF MEMORABELIA, AT THE STATE LIBRARY IN ADELAIDE.
29TH 2000 6,275 BOOTSCOOTERS SET A WORLD LINE DANCING RECORD DURING TAMWORTH, NSW, COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL, BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET AT THE PREVIOUS YEAR’S EVENT BY 83 DANCERS.
29TH 2001 A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER WAS KILLED, & 26 STUDENTS INJURED WHEN A LOADED SAND TRUCK CAME THROUGH A GIVE WAY SIGN AT NURIOOTPA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
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