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• 1791 - Allan Cunningham, botanist and explorer, best known for discovering the Darling Downs is born in Wimbledon, London.
• 1945 - Ben Chifley becomes sixteenth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1961 - Australian rules footballer, Tim Watson is born.
• 1997 - A crowd of over 100,000 people watch the Royal Canberra Hospital implosion. 12 year old Katie Bender is killed instantly when debris from the site travels across Lake Burley Griffin.