#98years
Congrats to Michael B. Jordan for being the sixth Black actor to win Best Actor, but only six black actors in 98years is crazy.
March 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
17 September 1927: birth of Denis William (Bill) Warburton, who served at Holy Cross Cathedral as seventh Dean of Geraldton 1992-1995. #anglican #98years Obiit 3 February 2009. Biographical details attached.
September 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
31 August 1927: installation of the Ven. George Ellis Aickin (1869-1937), Vicar of Mornington and Archdeacon of Dandenong, at St Paul's Cathedral, to be sixth Dean of Melbourne. #anglican #98years Principal of Ridley College 1910-1918. Important responsibilities in 1929:
August 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
31 August 1927: the Rt Revd Philip Charles Thurlow Crick (1882-1937), Bishop of Rockhampton for the previous six and a half years, installed and enthroned at Christ Church Cathedral as fourth Bishop of Ballarat. #anglican #98years Extract from 1933 Synod Presidential address:
August 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
15 August 1927: birth (Brisbane QLD) of Barry Russell Hunter, seventh Bishop of Riverina 1971-1992 (retiring 15 August 1992). Obiit 28 July 2015. #anglican #98years Served in the Rockhampton diocese as Rector and Archdeacon 1966-1971; outback parts of Brisbane diocese 1956-1966.
August 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
14 August 1927: birth (Alstonville, NSW) of Bevan Stanley Meredith, Assistant Bishop (New Guinea) 1967-1977, Bishop of the New Guinea Islands 1977-1995. Primate and Archbishop of Papua New Guinea 1990-1995. Obiit 17 December 2019. #anglican #98years Our only bishop born in the Diocese of Grafton.
August 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
14 August 1927: the Rt Revd Philip Charles Thurlow Crick (1882-1937) resigns after six years as Bishop of Rockhampton. Moving south to be Bishop of Ballarat. #anglican #98years
August 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
6 July 1927: birth (Nairobi, Colony and Protectorate of Kenya) of Kenneth Herbert Short; Assistant Bishop in Sydney (Wollongong 1975-1982; Parramatta 1982-1989); first Bishop to the ADF 1979-1989; Dean of Sydney 1989-1992. #anglican #98years Obiit 19 October 2014.
July 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
6 July 1927: the Rt Revd John Stephen Hart (1866-1952) installed and enthroned in Holy Trinity Cathedral as second Bishop of Wangaratta (first Australian-born). #anglican #98years Dean of Melbourne 1919-1927. Retired 31 January 1943. Biography: adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ha...
July 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
29 June 1927: consecration of the Very Rev. John Stephen Hart (1866-1952), Dean of Melbourne, at St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, to succeed Thomas Armstrong (one of the consecrators) as second Bishop of Wangaratta (first born in Australia). No.79 in the Australian episcopate. #anglican #98years
June 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
19 June 1927: the Very Rev. John Stephen Hart (1866-1952) preaches his valedictory sermon at St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, where he had served as fifth Dean for eight years. #anglican #98years He was soon to be consecrated as Bishop of Wangaratta.
June 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Remembering Mr Justice Thomas Slaney Poole, who died on 2 May 1927, aged 53. Chancellor of the Diocese of Adelaide 1916-1919. Son of the Rev. Canon Frederick Slaney Poole. #anglican #98years 1919: KC and appointed to the SA Supreme Court. adb.anu.edu.au/biography/po...
May 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
31 March 1927: End of an era as the Rt Revd Thomas Henry Armstrong (1857-1930) retires to Melbourne after 25 years as first Bishop of Wangaratta. Still a record length of service, for that diocese. His first retirement job was as locum at Toorak. #anglican #98years
March 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
27 March 1927: the Duke and Duchess of York attend divine service at 11am at St Andrew's Cathedral Sydney, the day after their arrival in Australia. Tickets only, no standing - to avoid the embarrassing scenes that occurred in 1920 when the Prince of Wales visited. #anglican #98years
March 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
10 March 1927: "A unique service" at the new All Saints' Cathedral in Bathurst, as the Sub Dean, Canon Wilton, ascends five ladders, and conducts a service from an improvised platform attached to the scaffolding, 80 feet above the ground. #anglican #98years
March 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
6 March 1927: farewell service at the Annunciation Pro-Cathedral, Broome, to mark the departure of the Rt Revd Gerard Trower (1850-1928), retiring after 17 years as first Bishop of North West Australia. #anglican #98years
March 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
23 February 1927: birth (London) of Alfred Charles Holland, tenth Bishop of Newcastle 1978-1992; Assistant Bishop in Perth 1970-1978. Obiit 8 October 2018. #anglican #98years
February 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
she needs a fan because it's a cruel summer. "It's been 30?years of trying to convince you(fans)that I'm cool". March 17,2023+36months=March 17,2026. Jan10(her mother's birthday)+3w6d=Feb6+3w6d=March 5(her father's birthday) Oct5,2026 98years since the day her grandmother was born.
February 14, 2026 at 12:12 AM
RT @uniongal: 98years ago today, women toiled in a factory. Less than 24 hrs later, more than 100 of them were dead.
December 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
It’s great isn’t it?

Here’s a bonus Ethel track from 98years ago in case you have anything that needs doing around the house… 😊

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Ethel Waters & James P Johnson - My Handy Man
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January 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Does his brain still working?!
He is 98years old?!
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
December 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM