On This Day In History

[Piper]

wow, some motorcycle content, finally

Yeha!!,whoop,whoop!!

[Piper]

1642-Abel Tasman's Dutch
East Indian Company expedition
had the first Known European
contact with Maori.


2000-English singer Kirsty
MacColl,who sang on The
Pogues' song Fairytale Of New
York,dies in a boating accident
in Mexico.She was 41.

[Piper]

1941-In New Zealand's worst
Naval tragedy,the Royal Navy
cruiser HMS Neptune struck
enemy mines and sank off
Liyba.764 men lost their lives,
150 were New Zealanders.

[Piper]

1913-The Waterfront strike, which
began in late October when
Wellington waterside workers
stopped work, finally ends


1957-Elvis Presley is drafted
into the US military.He entered
the army in March 1958 and
fulfilled his obligation of two
years

[Piper]

1943-British children's
author Beatrix Potter dies,
aged 77,of pneumonia and
heart disease.


1967&The Graduate, starring
Dustin Hoffman and Anne
Bancroft,is released.

[Piper]

1818-The Christmas carol
Silent Night,composed by
Franz Xaver Gruber, is first sung
at St.Nicholas parish church in
Oberndorf,Austria.

[jellywrestler]

xmas day dec25th

in 2002 there was 2hrs of practice for wanaganuis Cemetery Circuit in preparation for the 50th anniversary of the event, yip motorcycle races on xmas day!!!!!!
abnother days racing again tommorow folks, dont miss it

[Piper]

1914-The Christmas Truce
takes place on the battlefields
of World War 1, between British
and German troops.Fighting
stops, as soldiers exchange
gifts and play football.

[Piper]

1973-Horror film The
Exorcist, starring Linda
Blair, premieres.


1983-British actor Violet
Carson, best known as
Coronation Street's original
battleaxe Ena Sharples, dies
aged 85, in Blackpool of heart
failure.


1985-American zoologist
Dian Fossey 53, the subject of
movie Gorillas In The Mist is
murdered in Rwanda.

[Piper]

xmas day dec25th

in 2002 there was 2hrs of practice for wanaganuis Cemetery Circuit in preparation for the 50th anniversary of the event, yip motorcycle races on xmas day!!!!!!
abnother days racing again tommorow folks, dont miss it

Oh buugger missed it .

[Piper]

1968-The Beatles ' White Album goes
to No.1 in the US charts.


2018-US singer Ray Sawyer,who
found fame as the eye-patch-wearing
musician in the band Dr Hook,dies aged
81.

[Piper]

1902-The Entertainer, later
known as the theme song for
The Sting, is one of several
piano rag compositions
copyrighted for Scott Joplin by
the US Copyright office.

[Piper]

1835-Charles Darwin leaves
New Zealand after a nine-day
visit,where he collected
insects,shells, fish and rocks
in the Bay Of Islands.


1968-Frank Sinatra first
records My Way, with lyrics
written by Paul Anka.


1970-Former World heavyweight
boxing champion Sonny Liston
dies, aged 40, in mysterious
circumstances.

[Piper]

1966-The Monkees' I'm A
Believer hits No.1 in the US
charts.


1972-Tennis player Margaret
Court beats fellow Aussie
Evonne Goolagong 6-4 7-5 in
the final of the Australian Open
for her record 11th and final
Australian Open singles crown.


2021-US actor Betty White
( The Golden Girls ) dies of a
stroke, just days before her
100th birthday ( on January 17 ).

[Piper]

1859-Pencarrow Head
Lighthouse, New Zealand's
first lighthouse, is lit at the
entrance to Wellington
Harbour.


1953-US country singer
Hank Williams dies of a heart
attack.He was 29.