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1897 - The Australasian Athletic Union was established in Sydney.
1899 - The word wowser is first used by John Norton, editor of the Melbourne Truth newspaper.
1908 - The capital of Australia was chosen settling a feud between rivals Melbourne and Sydney.
1925 - John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven is appointed the eighth Governor General of Australia.
1928 - Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer, was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
1931 - Death of Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB, VD Australian military commander of the First World War, in Melbourne aged 66.
1939 - Paul Hogan AM, actor, comedian and former rigger, was born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.
1978 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 510 km/h (317.60 mph) at Blowering Dam, New South Wales.
2003 - Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark's engagement to Australian lawyer Mary Donaldson is announced.
2004 - Schapelle Corby is apprehended by police in Indonesia carrying 4.1kg of cannabis.