Outstanding Facts in Australia
2000: September 15
With the presence of 200 countries, the XXIV Olympics of the Modern Era are inaugurated in Sydney (Australia). They will close on October 1. (21 years ago)
1979: July 11
Five years after completing the mission of its last crew, the first American space station, weighing 75 tons, called "Skylab", fell on Australia. The station was launched into space and put into orbit in 1973. (42 years ago)
1956: November 22
With the presence of 72 countries and 2,938 athletes, the XIII Olympics of the Modern Era are inaugurated in Melbourne (Australia), and for the equestrian events in Stockholm. They will close on December 8. Boycotts of countries began to take place due to the tensions derived from the cold war. (65 years ago)
1927: May 9
The Australian federal government is transferred to the city of Canberra proclaiming itself as the new capital of Australia to the detriment of Melbourne. (94 years ago)
1913: March 12
Construction begins on Canberra, the capital of Australia, named after the wife of Governor General Lord Thomas Denman. In 1908 its capital was chosen as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne, the two great cities that competed for that title. (108 years ago)
1859: November 24
Charles Darwin publishes his great work "The Origin of Species" , the result of more than 20 years of research work, meticulous and detailed observation and trips aboard the beautiful brig "Beagle" as a naturalist, on a journey that lasted five years for both coasts of South America, Galapagos, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Keeling Island, Mauritius, Brazil and the Azores. He was able to perceive the subtle differences between the birds of the Galapagos archipelago that live in different natural environments. In his book he scientifically manifests his theory of natural selection as the cause of the evolutionary impulse of species. The inspiration for this theory was found in the great English economist Thomas Malthus. (162 years ago)
1788: January 26
Arthur Phillip, British captain, landed 1,030 immigrants in Australia, including 736 inmates. The objective is the rapid colonization of Australia and the decongestion of English prisons. With them they founded the city of Sydney, the first European colony on this continent. (233 years ago)
1642: November 24
The Dutch explorer and navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman, in the service of the Netherlands East India Company, who set sail from Batavia (Jakarta) on August 14 to investigate the viability of a sea passage to Chile from the east and to explore New Guinea, he discovers the current island of Tasmania, which he named "Van Diemen's Land" in honor of the Governor General of his Company. Later, British colonizers will change the name. Also, when you are making your return trip to Jakarta on January 21, 1643, you will discover the archipelago of the Tonga Islands. (379 years ago)
