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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