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Aug 1, 1498
Columbus lands in South America
Christopher Columbus set foot on the American mainland at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers came to help a sentry who was being attacked by a
crowd throwing snowballs and yelling abusive thing to him. The
soldiers started shooting and killed 5 crowd members 3 of which died on the spot and 2 later died from there severe wounds. Here's a link to the wiki if you want to know more,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre -
Earthquake causes fluvial in Mississipi
The very violent series of earthquakes near Missouri causes a fluvial tsunami (a fluvial is something found in a river) in the Mississippi River, making the river go backwards for seven hours. The tremors, which happened between December 1811and March 1812, were actually the most powerful in the history of America. -
Professional American Football is Born
Seven men including a legendary all-around athlete and football star Jim Thorpe, meet to organize a professional American league based in the Jordan and Hupmobile auto showroom based in
Canton , Ohio. -
Allies Slaughtered by Germans in Arnhem
Operation Market-Garden was a plan set by British troops to seize bridges in Arnhem which failed and thus thousands of British troops were killed, wounded or taken prisoner by Germany. -
Sesame Street Debuts
Sesame Street made its broadcast debut, which actually went on to be the most widely viewed children’s show in the world. It has been watched in more than 120 countries. -
An American Orbits Earth
Florida born John Hershel Glenn Jr. successfully launched into space on the Friendship 7 spaceship. Here's a video of him,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6o7IT5lqJI -
Jet breaks up Near Mt. Fuji
A Japanese jet with 124 people blew apart in mid air causing
everyone on the jet to die. The pilot apparently tried to get a better view so he flew to close and then the jet blew apart. -
My Birthday
I was born in St John of God Hospital in Subiaco, Perth. I was born via caesarean and I was one week overdue. I weighed 9lb 9oz and the doctor who delivered me was called Dr. Tsokos. Here's a link to the photo of the Hospital
https://www.strykermeded.com/media/2033/st-john-of-god-subiaco-hospital-get-in-touch.jpg -
1st Steps
I took my first steps on my first birthday trying to get a little set of diggers. I had moved to Tasmania for one year at that time. That was also the year I got attacked by a rooster. -
Little Brothers B'day
My little brother Darcy was born in St John of God Hospital in Subiaco, Perth. He was also born via Caesarean. He weighed 7lb 7oz and the doctor who delivered him was called Dr Tsokos. He got sick a few weeks after he was born and luckily my dad saw he was sick because if he hadn’t doctors said that he would’ve died. -
Tonsils Out
I had my tonsils out and had grommets put in, at the time I was 2.5 years old. I was fine after the operation and dad stayed with me
overnight but when I got home I ate an orange and the orange made my spot where my tonsils had been started to sting and hurt. -
First Day of School
My first day at school. My school was in Shenton Park and is called Rosalie Primary School and was great because it was in walking distance from my house. I left to move to Tassie when I was 8 years old turning 9 that year. Here's Rosalie's
websitehttp://rosalie.wa.edu.au/ -
Moved to England
I moved to England for a year and went to Much Woolton and it was in Woolton, Liverpool. It was a very scary school and a lot of weird people would fight at the gates so eventually, they had to say that adults weren’t allowed to come in and they had to put a high barbed wired fence up so the adults wouldn’t climb over. -
Moved House
We moved from 127 Nelson road to 419 Liverpool street. We were really happy because the Nelson road house was quite bad and the 419 Liverpool street house is much better. -
Braces
I got my braces put on. The orthodontist was called Mr. Gupta and I had 4 appointments until I got them on. It hurt at the start and kept on hurting for 5 days but then it calmed down a bit and i could eat properly again.
