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Post Info TOPIC: January 14 Today in history


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January 14 Today in history


Gday...

1875  - 

German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, Albert Schweitzer, is born. 

1830  - 

Captain Charles Sturt discovers that the Murrumbidgee River flows into the Murray. 

1699  - 

English sea explorer William Dampier sets out to chart the northwest coast of Australia. 

1812  - 

The first public water mill in New South Wales is opened.

1841  - 

The highest flood in Brisbane's recorded history occurs. 

1907  - 

Former Governor of South Australia, Sir James Fergusson, is killed in an earthquake in Jamaica. 

1911  - 

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reaches the Ross Ice Shelf on his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole. 

Cheers - John



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Just a thought... if we could choose a period in history during which we were born, we would be someone else... so there'd be no point hehe.

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