This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

Friday, May 24, 2013

Born on this day
1686 -	Gabriel Fahrenheit, after whom the Fahrenheit scale of temperature is named, is born. [more]
1819 -	Queen Victoria, longest reigning monarch in English history, is born. [more]
Australian History
1890 -	Author Robert Louis Stevenson publishes his famous treatise in defence of Father Damien, missionary in Molokai, Hawaii. [more]
1969 -	The last Australian is awarded the original Victoria Cross, prior to the introduction of the Victoria Cross for Australia. [more]
World History
1738 -	John Wesley, founder of Methodism, is intensely moved when he hears a reading of the preface to Luther's commentary on Romans. [more]
1930 -	Aviatrix Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, becoming the first woman to fly from England to Australia. [more]