7TH
JANUARY
CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST VALENTINE; ST RAYMUND OF
PENAFORT; ST ALDRIC; ST LUCIAN OF ANTIOCH; ST TILLO; ST CANUTE LAVARD; & ST
REINHOLD." |
| 7TH |
1610 |
ITALIAN ASTRONOMER GALILEO DISCOVERED JUPITER’S FOUR
SATELLITES, NAMING THEM, "IO, EUROPA, GANYMEDE, & CALLISTRO." |
| 7TH |
1630 |
COMPOSER, "PIER CAVALLI"
MARRIES RICH WIDOW, "MARIA SOSOMENO." |
| 7TH |
1714 |
TYPEWRITER PATENTED BY ENGLISHMAN, "HENRY MILL." IT
WAS BUILT YEARS LATER. |
| 7TH |
1785 |
THE FIRST AERIAL CROSSING OF THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL WAS MADE BY "JEAN PIERRE BLANCHARD" & "DR. JOHN
JEFFRIES" IN A HOT AIR BALLOON. |
| 7TH |
1890 |
"W.B. PURVIS" PATENTS THE FOUNTAIN PEN. |
| 7TH |
1891 |
RAILWAY FROM PORT AUGUSTA, SOUTH
AUSTRALIA, REACHES OODNADATTA. |
| 7TH |
1896 |
TATTERSALL’S FIRST LOTTERY IS HELD IN TASMANIA, BY
"GEORGE ADAMS" TO DISPOSE OF THE ASSATS OF THE LIQUIDATED ‘VAN
DIEMEN’S LAND BANK.’ |
| 7TH |
1897 |
A CYCLONE DEVESTATES PALMERSTON, DARWIN
KILLING 28; 15 OF THEM AT SEA. |
| 7TH |
1899 |
THE COMMISIIONER OF THE U.S. PATENTS OFFICE, WANTED TO
ABOLISH THE OFFICE DUE TO THE FACT, "EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE INVENTED, HAS BEEN
INVENTED." |
| 7TH |
1927 |
LONDON-NEW YORK TELEPHONE LINK
ESTABLISHED, WITH A 3 MINUTE CALL COSTING 15 POUNDS. |
| 7TH |
1929 |
"TARZAN," ONE OF THE FIRST ADVENTURE COMIC STRIPS
FIRST APPEARS. |
| 7TH |
1933 |
"BERT HINKLER" DIES IN A
PLANE CRASH IN THE TUSCAN MOUNTAINS, ITALY ON A FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA, WHILE
FLYING A ‘DH80A PUSS MOTH.’ |
| 7TH |
1958 |
THE USSR ARMY SHRINKS TO 300,000. |
| 7TH |
1965 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST HYDROFOIL FERRY
BEGINS SERVICE TO MANLY, IN SYDNEY. |
| 7TH |
1970 |
BOXING CHAMP, "JOHNNY FAMECHON" KO’D
"FIGHTING HARADA" IN THE 14th ROUND TO RETAIN HIS WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE. |
| 7TH |
1970 |
FARMERS SUE "MAX YASGUR" FOR
$35.000, FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ‘WOODSTOCK.’ |
| 7TH |
1975 |
OPEC AGREES TO RAISE CRUDE OIL PRICES BY 10%, BEGINNING A
WAVE OF WORLD ECONOMIC INFLATION. |
| 7TH |
1975 |
MINERAL & ENERGY MINISTER,
"REX CONNOR" HAS HIS AUTHORITY TO RAISE AN OVERSEAS LOAN OF $US 4,000 WITHDRAWN. |
| 7TH |
1982 |
THE TELEVISION NEWS CREW OF 3, & ANOTHER PASSENGER DIED
WHEN A ‘BELL 206B JET RANGER’ HELICOPTER CRASHED WHILE FILMING A FATAL
TRUCK ACCIDENT, 80KM SOUTH-EAST OF MELBOURNE. |
| 7TH |
1986 |
"AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC"
MAGAZINE IS LAUNCHED BY "DICK SMITH." |
| 7TH |
1986 |
THE FIRST CADETS ARE ENROLLED AT THE "AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE
FORCE ACADEMY, CANBERRA. |
| 7TH |
1990 |
THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA IS CLOSED TO
THE PUBLIC AS IT’S ACCELERATED RATE OF LEAN RAISES FEARS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. |
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