A sinkhole opened up under a classic Corvette museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Eight of the rare sports cars fell into the sinkhole. The hole was estimated at being thirty feet deep and about forty feet across.
Archaeologists have found the ship that belonged to Captain George Pollard who inspired Herman Melville’s novel ‘Moby Dick.’ The Two Brothers whaling ship’s remains were found off the coast of Hawaii. The ship sank in 1823 when it hit a coral reef.
2006 – US Heavy Snow
During a powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States including a record 26.9 inches of snow falls in New York’s Central Park.
1993 – England James Bulger
Two 10-year-old boys lured 2-year-old James Bulger from his mother at a shopping mall in Liverpool, England, then beat him to death.
1921 – South Africa Independence
Following general elections in South Africa General Smuts party has won over the dutch speaking nationalists and the labour party, he has already stated South Africa will continue to be part of the British Empire but under vastly different terms these will include:
South Africa has the right to amend her own constitution
South Africa will have her own flag
South Africa will have power and authority over domestic affairs and International and Foreign Relations
South Africa will be a Independent Sovereign State in friendly association with the British Empire
