1830 - Sturt's party reaches the junction of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers on their arduous journey upstream to Sydney.
1910 - The first flight of a powered aircraft in Australia is made by Frederick Custance, near Adelaide.
1966 - The Queens Commendation is awarded to personnel who disarmed a WWII sea mine which washed up on the beach at Surfers Paradise earlier in March.
461 - Today is St Patrick's Day, celebrating the patron saint of Ireland.
1912 - Lawrence Oates, of Scott's ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic, utters his famous last words: 'I am just going outside and I may be some time.'
Cheers - John
GaryKelly said
10:32 AM Mar 17, 2014
Now there's an interesting expression - ill-fated. If the future doesn't exist, nor the past, but only the present, then how can anything be ill-fated? :)
Gday...
1830 - Sturt's party reaches the junction of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers on their arduous journey upstream to Sydney.
1910 - The first flight of a powered aircraft in Australia is made by Frederick Custance, near Adelaide.
1966 - The Queens Commendation is awarded to personnel who disarmed a WWII sea mine which washed up on the beach at Surfers Paradise earlier in March.
461 - Today is St Patrick's Day, celebrating the patron saint of Ireland.
1912 - Lawrence Oates, of Scott's ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic, utters his famous last words: 'I am just going outside and I may be some time.'
Cheers - John