Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 12
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- 1943 - Australian and American forces begin attack on Sanananda during the Battle of Buna-Gona.
- 1976 - Eight year old Eloise Worledge is abducted from her home in Beaumaris, Victoria. No trace of her has ever been found.
- 2003 - Maurice Gibb of the band the Bee Gees passes away.
- 2005 - Australia's first Twenty20 cricket game was played at the WACA ground between the Western Warriors and the Victorian Bushrangers. It drew a sellout crowd of 20,700.
