5TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST SIMEON STYLITES; ST GERLAC; ST
DOROTHEUS THE YOUNGER; ST APOLLINARIS; ST CONVOYON; ST SYNCLETICA; & ST JOHN
NEPOMUCENE NEUMANN." |
| 5TH |
1477 |
"CHARLES THE BOLD," KING OF FRANCE, WAS KILLED AT
THE BATTLE OF NANCY. |
| 5TH |
1827 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST ROWING REGATTA
WAS HELD ON THE DERWENT RIVER, HOBART. |
| 5TH |
1871 |
THE GOLD NUGGET "PRECIOUS" WEIGHING 53.4 kg AND A
GOLD CONTENT OF 45.95kg IS FOUND AT DUNOLLY, VICTORIA. |
| 5TH |
1896 |
GERMAN PHYSICIST, "WILHELM
RONTGEN" GAVE THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF X-RAYS. |
| 5TH |
1914 |
THE U.S. FORD MOTOR COMPANY INCREASED IT’S WAGES FROM
$2.40 FOR A 9 HOUR DAY TO $5.00 FOR AN 8 HOUR DAY. |
| 5TH |
1938 |
"BILLIE HOLIDAY" RECORDS
"WHEN YOU’RE SMILING" IN NEW YORK. |
| 5TH |
1941 |
AVIATOR, "AMY JOHNSON" AND HER PASSENGER DIE, WHEN
HER PLANE CRASHES INTO THE THAMES ESTUARY IN ENGLAND. |
| 5TH |
1956 |
"ELVIS PRESLEY RECORDS
"HEARTBREAK HOTEL." |
| 5TH |
1964 |
THE AUTOMATIC TICKET BARRIER IN LONDON’S UNDERGROUND WAS
INSTALLED AT STAMFORD PARK. |
| 5TH |
1964 |
ROMAN CATHOLIC "POPE PAUL VI"
MEETS ORTHODOX CHURCH HEAD, "PATRIARCH ATHENAGORAS I" DURING HIS TOUR OF THE
HOLY LAND. IT IS THE FIRST TIME HEADS OF THE TWO CHURCHES HAVE MET IN OVER 500
YEARS. |
| 5TH |
1971 |
41,000 SPECTATORS WATCHED THE FIRST ONE DAY CRICKET MATCH IN
AUSTRALIA AT THE M.C.G. WHEN THE MELBOURNE TEST MATCH WAS WASHED OUT AND THE CRICKET BOARD
PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION MATCH FOR THE SPECTATORS.
THE MATCH CONSISTED OF 40 EIGHT BALL OVERS.
AUSTRALIA 5/191 OFF 34.6 OVERS DEFEATED ENGLAND 190 OFF 39.4 OVERS. |
| 5TH |
1975 |
14 DIE WHEN THE BRIDGE COLLAPSES &
THE SHIP SINKS AFTER THE BRITISH FREIGHTER, ‘LAKE ILLAWARRA’ RAMS PYLON
BRIDGE BETWEEN DERWENT & HOBART, TASMANIA. |
| 5TH |
1976 |
FRENCH LAW FORBIDS ANY LANGUAGE OTHER THAN FRENCH BEING USED
IN ADVERTISING IN FRANCE. |
| 5TH |
1976 |
THE FAMILY LAW COURT OPENS IN
AUSTRALIA. |
| 5TH |
1977 |
SACKED CONNAIR PILOT "COLIN FOREMAN" DELIBERATELY
STEERED HIS PLANE INTO THE CONNAIR BUILDING, ALICE SPRINGS, KILLING HIMSELF AND 3 OTHERS.
12 WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. |
| 5TH |
1986 |
PHOTOGRAPHER, "FRANK
POWOLNY", WHO TOOK THE FAMOUS WORLD WAR II PINUP PHOTO OF "BETTY GRABLE"
DIED IN CALIFORNIA. |
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