Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 23

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• 1796 - The distilling of spirits is prohibited.
• 1943 - World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression.
• 1948 - De Havilland Australia conducts the first flight of its 3 engined Drover transport aircraft at Bankstown Airport.
• 1999 - Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.