IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1585.—Cardinal Richelieu bom. 1666.—Great lire of, London ended. 1800.—Malta surrendered to British. 1807.—Battle of Copenhagen. 1822.—Aleppo destroyed by earthquake; 20,000 perished. 1858.—First telegraph message across the Atlantic. 1878.—Railway from Christchurch to Bluff opened. 1911.—Retreat from Mons ended. 1930.—Hurricane destroyed half the city of Santo Domingo; 2,000 lives lost. 1910—King Carol of Rumania abdicated; succeeded by Ins son. Crown Prince Michael. ]9tl.— American destroyer Greer unsuccessfully attacked by German submarine; great resentment in United States. —September 6. "1851.—Gold discovered at Ballarat. 1855.—Captain Cargill elected first Superintendent of Otago. 1853. —Firsts meeting of Auckland Provincial Council. 1855.—Arrival of Colonel T. Gore Brown, Governor of New Zealand. 1866.—l.'istingnisbod Service Order instituted. 1901.—President McKinlay shot at Buffalo Exhibition. 1905.—Peace signed between Japan and Russia. 1911.—T. \V. Burgess swam the English Channel. 1911.—Hon. G. Fowlds resigned from Ward Ministry. 1914.—Battle of the Marne. 1939. —South Africa declared war on Germany. 1940. —Boulogne Harbour devastated by R.A.F. Climax to Stalingrad battle approaching. Terrific enemy pressure in south-west. Russians score local successes in the North Caucasus. Rommel’s main line falls back slightly in Egypt. . British guns and armoured units make their weight felt. Record air sorties by Allied air forces. Hisbou and four priests executed in Czocbo-Slovakia as reprisal for Heydncb shooting. Oa-Cess British air ollens.ve on Japanese in Burma. llnilcd Slates marines bn-y limning down Japanese landing parties in Solomons.
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Evening Star, Issue 24292, 5 September 1942, Page 1
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228IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24292, 5 September 1942, Page 1
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