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On This Day In 1884, the Statue Of Liberty was presented to America, by the French, in Paris 
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On This Day In 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by Russian controlled forces while flying over eastern Ukraine, resulting in the deaths of 283 passengers and 15 crew, 38 Australians were included among those killed. R.I.P.
This was a heinous crime and a tragic loss of life.
This was a heinous crime and a tragic loss of life.
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I'm 27 days late on this one but on the 1st July 1974 Australia went completely metric. I am just a bit to young to see that change but I do remember seeing a 1974 ford ltd with both miles and km/h on the spedo
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Beginning of World War I
Using the assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand as a pretext to present Serbia with an unacceptable ultimatum, Austria-Hungary declared war on the Slavic country on this day in 1914, sparking World War I.
Using the assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand as a pretext to present Serbia with an unacceptable ultimatum, Austria-Hungary declared war on the Slavic country on this day in 1914, sparking World War I.
On this day in 1977, Elvis Aaron Presley passed away at the age of 42. Elvis has left the building.
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On This Day In 1666, The Great Fire of London began at a bakery in Pudding Lane 
A bit closer to home, On This Day 2nd September 1984 in a suburb of Sydney, two warring bikie gangs met at the Milperra Hotel and a shootout took place with a 15-year-old girl being killed and many seriously injured. I remember the day vividly as I was meeting up with family and my then sister-in-law was a ED nurse at Bankstown Hospital and was called in. I was the non-drinking driver so I volunteered to take her in to work. I have never seen so many coppers and motorbikes in my life and never want to again. The Milperra Massacre.
`i` remember this quit well.
The argument to my understanding words from a Gypsy Joker fella forwarded onto me.
Being involved in Building Construction Work in the 1980`s in Sydney you tend to meet many people.
The Majority on the Building Labors were indeed Bikies & good in that field of work they were.
The Comancheros had a club house in Nth Sydney.
For what ever reason the gang split so half or so became or joined The Banditos.
The argument arose to my understanding was over who gets to keep the club house.
Yawee was the captain of the Comancheros.
The leader of the Banditos traveled to Yugoslavia to visit his family but was denied return access to Australia.
Why the shoot out took place at Milperra is unclear to me.
The poor innocent by standers that got caught up in it in the car park was certainly a sad outcome.
I put money on it that many members of the gangs on both sides would have been peed off about that.
At the end of the day All Walks of Life like Humans are just Human regardless what they stand for.
There`s good & bad people out there no matter what color badge , uniform or patches they wear.
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On This Day In 2006, Wildlife expert and television personality Steve Irwin died, after an interaction with a stingray on the Great Barrier Reef
Queen Elizabeth II passed away in 2022. Long Live The King.
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On This Day In 1956, television officially started in Australia 
We bought one in 1959/60 B&W with two stations Channel 8 Orange and Channel 2 ABC with James Dibble reading the news. If the screen was "Snowy", then the older boys would have to get on the roof to adjust the aerial direction whilst someone was at the telli yelling out instructions on the best angle. Funny as today when I think back.
Many ,many years later I remember being in the Channel 7 studios in Epping and a technician was testing colour transmission.
Many ,many years later I remember being in the Channel 7 studios in Epping and a technician was testing colour transmission.
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I rode in a Australia apprentices challenge race representing South Australia, at Swan Hill in 1975, and the trophy to the winning rider was a colour tv valued at $500, I ran second and protested against the winner, for interference inside about 200 meter mark but it was dismissed as the winning margin of 1 length was considered to great to uphold the protest. Leading Melbourne apprentice Gerald Ryan rode the winner and I said to him after, "you can afford to buy your own colour tv, you better give that one to me" He ended up being one of Sydney's leading horse trainers and still trains plenty of winners.
a mates parents and his uncle had a share farm next to us in the bush ,his uncle ran pacers /trotting horses
anyway the deal with the milking was every second prise my mates uncle got, my mates old man old got it for staying home and doing the milking
well it was bluey's turn for the prise and you guessed it a colour tv and he never got it to this day ,you can imagine the tension in the milking shed for a few months or years
anyway the deal with the milking was every second prise my mates uncle got, my mates old man old got it for staying home and doing the milking
well it was bluey's turn for the prise and you guessed it a colour tv and he never got it to this day ,you can imagine the tension in the milking shed for a few months or years
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On This Day In 1970, singer/guitarist Jimmy Hendrix died, aged 27, in London 
On Wednesday of this week a friend, priest, showed me two coins that he has had for many years and the story behind them intrigued me. The first was a 1937 Crown which his grandfather had given to him as a young boy to commemorate the year his parents were married and he was born the year after and the second coin he said he was walking to school from the farm in country NSW, when he noticed something glistening on the side of the dirt road and the rain and the sun was out. He reached down and picked it up and put it in his pocket and cleaned it when he got home. The obverse side was badly worn from the car tires that had run over it for a long period of time but the reverse was in reasonable shape and the coin turned out to be a half gold sovereign which he has keep for over 76 years. Great story and now I wonder if it was heavenly intervention. Cheers
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