VW BEETLE

30 July 2012

- SUPER HAPPY FUN BEETLE -

2003 -

The final original VW Beetle automobile is produced.

PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA

29 July 2012

- TIE DI TENTACLE -

1981 -

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry.

COOBER PEDY OPALS

28 July 2012

- OH, PAL -

1993 -

The opal is made Australia's national emblem

BUGS BUNNY

27 July 2012

- WASCALLY WABBIT -

1940 -

Cartoon character Bugs Bunny makes his first appearance in the animated cartoon, 'A Wild Hare'

FBI

26 July 2012

- SECRET CERVIX -

1908 -

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) commences operations

NUMBAT NUMBNUTS

25 July 2012

- WESTERN AUSTRALIA -

1973 -

The numbat is proclaimed as Western Australia's official faunal emblem.

the mural above was created by Belgian street artist ROA and can be found just outside my local haunt, the Fremantle Markets. It was actually commissioned for $15000 by the council, because in Perth even the graffiti is government approved :)

AMAZING GRACE

24 July 2012

- HOW SWEET -

Tuesday, July 24, 1725. : John Newton, former English slave trader who wrote 'Amazing Grace', is born.


Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me,
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

John Newton was the self-proclaimed wretch who once was lost but then was found, saved by God's amazing grace. Newton was born in London on 24 July 1725. His father was commander of a merchant ship, and young John followed in his footsteps. After his father died, Newton joined the crew on the H.M.S. Hartwich, but deserted after he found the living conditions deplorable. He was recaptured, flogged and demoted from midshipman to common seaman.

After this, Newton spent some time on a slave-trader's ship, learning the trade, and eventually commanding his own trade in slavery. His conversion occurred during a violent storm at sea on 10 May 1748. From then on, he was a changed man, ultimately leaving his sea-going days behind him, and studying to become a minister. He was ordained by the Bishop of Lincoln and given the curacy of Olney, Buckinghamshire. "Amazing Grace" was written whilst he was at Olney, most probably between 1760 and 1770.

ROYAL WEDDING - FERGIE AND ANDREW

23 July 2012

- FERGALICIOUS -

1986 -

Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey

OJ SIMPSON - IF THE GLOVE DON'T FIT YOU MUST ACQUIT

22 July 2012

- DRINK APPLE JUICE - O.J. WILL KILL YOU -

1994 - OJ Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder

ROBIN WILLIAMS - MORK

21 July 2012

- NANOO NANOO -

1952 -

actor and comedian Robin Williams is born.

BRUCE LEE - ENTERS WITH A FIST

20 July 2012

- KUNG POW -

1973	Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32

HIEROGLYPHICS - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN

19 July 2012

- WAlK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN -

1799 -

The Rosetta Stone is discovered, holding the key to unlock the secrets of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics

GEORGE MACHINE GUN KELLY

18 July 2012

- HAND PISTOL ANDREA -

1895 - George Machine Gun Kelly [Georgio Barnes], Memphis Tennessee, American gangster, (d. 1954 on his 59^th birthday from a heart attack)

TSAR NICHOLAS ROMANOV AND FAMILY KILLED

17 July 2012

- ANASTASIA -

1918 -

Czar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife, children and several servants are executed during the Russian Revolution

MAN ON THE MOON MOVIE SET

16 July 2012

- MOONWALK -

1969 -

The Apollo 11 is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, the first mission to successfully land a man on the moon.

69 BUTTER FACE

15 July 2012

- BUTTER FACE -

1869 -

Margarine is patented in Paris.

SKIPPY THE BUSH KANGAROO

14 July 2012

- SKIPPY -

1770 -

The first European sighting of a kangaroo is recorded.

RIOT IN NEW YORK

13 July 2012

- SUCH A RIOT -

1863

Opponents of the draft begin three days of rioting in New York City.

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL FLAG

12 July 2012

- THIS IS AUSTRALIA -

1971 -

The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.

TOTAL ECLIPSE

11 July 2012

- TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES -

1991 -

A solar eclipse is observed stretching from Hawaii to South America, and lasting up to 7 minutes in some areas

HARVEY BALL - INVENTOR OF SMILEY FACE ;-)

10 July 2012

- :-) -

1921 -

Harvey Ball, inventor of the Smiley face, is born.

MICROWAVE INVENTED BY PERCY LEBARON

9 July 2012

- NUKE IT -

1894 -

Percy LeBaron Spencer, the inventor of the microwave oven, is born.

And...he made it possible for the invention of microwave popcorn......*please be standing*

HAPPY ICE CREAM SUNDAE

8 July 2012

 - I SCREAM...YOU SCREAM... -

1881 -

The ice cream sundae is invented in Wisconsin, US, to satisfy a customer who is denied flavoured soda water because it is a Sunday

BUCKLEY'S CHANCE

7 July 2012

- CLINK -

1835 -

Escaped convict William Buckley, after whom the phrase "Buckley's Chance" was named, gives himself up.

RABIES VACCINE - LOUIS PASTEUR

6 July 2012

- FOAMING AT THE MOUTH -

1885 -

Louis Pasteur's rabies vaccine is tested successfully on nine-year-old Joseph Meister.

CLONE WARS: DOLLY THE SHEEP

5 July 2012

- BRAAAA -

1996 -

Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born

Dolly was actually named after the singer Dolly parton because the cells used to create the clone were sourced from breast tissue.

FOURTH OF JULY - INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERTY

4 July 2012

- USA -

1884 -	France presents the Statue of Liberty as a gift to the people of America.
1776 -	Today is Independence Day in the United States, celebrating the signing of the American Declaration of Independence

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANZ KAFKA

3 July 2012

- THE METAMORPHOSIS -

1883

Franz Kafka, Prague-born German novelist (The Metamorphosis, The Trail).

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

2 July 2012

- AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS -

2002 -

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly a balloon solo around the world.

GST

1 July 2012

- +10% -

2000 -

Australian PM John Howard introduces the GST.