BIBLE THOUGHT
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
JAMES 5:13 NIV, COURTESY OF BIBLE SOCIETY AUSTRALIA
1797
Coal is officially discovered in the Newcastle region by Lieutenant John Shortland. He was exploring near present-day Newcastle in search of runaway convicts when he found coal. By
1801 a convict camp was established to mine for coal.
1850
The US Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law, a compromise which requires officials in the North to help return runaway slaves to their owners in the South.
1860
Italian troops under Count Camillo Cavour defeat papal forces at Castelfidardo.
1898
Imperial territorial disputes between Britain and France in Eastern Africa reach a climax in Fashoda, in Egyptian Sudan.
1918
Australian troops spearhead an attack at Le Verguier, on the Hindenburg Line.
1931
The Japanese army in Manchuria used the pretext of an explosion along its railway to occupy Mukden (now called Shenyang) and to increase its control, within three months, across all Manchuria.
1948
A local communist commander seizes power in Madiun, a city in East Java, Indonesia, as part of a rebellion effort against the Sukarno government. The revolt will be suppressed in three months of bloodshed.
1961
UN secretarygeneral Dag Hammarskjold, trying to arrange a ceasefire in the Republic of the Congo, dies in a plane crash in Africa.
1970
US rock star Jimi Hendrix (pictured) dies at 27 in London after overdosing on sleeping pills.
1988
Burma’s military commander San Maung overthrows civilian president Maung Maung.
2000
At the Sydney Olympics, Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband shocks Ian Thorpe to win the 200m freestyle gold, equalling his own world record of
1:45.35.