1943 - Former Beatles member, George Harrison, is born.
1798 - Bass returns to Sydney after discovering Bass Strait.
1834 - English newspaper 'The Leeds Mercury' reports that a secret expedition to Australia has located a large settlement of descendants of Dutch survivors from shipwrecks of the late 1600s.
1890 - In Australia, Robert Louis Stevenson begins writing his famous defence of Father Damien, missionary in Molokai, Hawaii.
Cheers - John
Gerty Dancer said
08:48 PM Feb 25, 2014
That movie about Father Damien was fantastic!
barina said
09:26 PM Feb 25, 2014
My dear mum was born 25th Feb 1925. She would have been 89 today.
barina said
09:28 PM Feb 25, 2014
Gerty Dancer wrote:
That movie about Father Damien was fantastic!
I agree GD and when in Honolulu last year did a tour around and saw the island off the coast
D and D said
09:30 PM Feb 25, 2014
And at 8:35 am I took my first breath (much to my mother's relief since I was 3 weeks overdue and weighed more than 10 lb)
Mr D
-- Edited by D and D on Tuesday 25th of February 2014 09:30:51 PM
Gday...
1943 - Former Beatles member, George Harrison, is born.
1798 - Bass returns to Sydney after discovering Bass Strait.
1834 - English newspaper 'The Leeds Mercury' reports that a secret expedition to Australia has located a large settlement of descendants of Dutch survivors from shipwrecks of the late 1600s.
1890 - In Australia, Robert Louis Stevenson begins writing his famous defence of Father Damien, missionary in Molokai, Hawaii.
Cheers - John
My dear mum was born 25th Feb 1925. She would have been 89 today.
I agree GD and when in Honolulu last year did a tour around and saw the island off the coast
And at 8:35 am I took my first breath (much to my mother's relief since I was 3 weeks overdue and weighed more than 10 lb)
Mr D
-- Edited by D and D on Tuesday 25th of February 2014 09:30:51 PM