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• 1941 - Singer Helen Reddy is born in Melbourne.
• 1990 - Nelson Mandela visits the Parliament of Victoria, eight-and-a-half months after his release from prison in South Africa.
• 2003 - Australia defeat Namibia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup by a record 142 points to nil.
• 2004 - A car bomb explodes near the Australian embassy in Baghdad, killing several Iraqi civilians and injuring thee Australian soldiers