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• 1904 - The first Australian Open golf tournament is held.
• 1918 - Death of John Forrest, an Australian explorer, the first premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament.
• 1928 - St Mary's Cathedral opens in Sydney after 60 years of construction.
• 1948 - Australian National Airways (ANA) DC3 VH-ANK Lutana crashes near Quirindi, New South Wales, killing 13.
• 1984 - 7 people shot dead and 12 wounded in bikie shootout between rival bikie gangs the Bandidos and Comancheros in the Sydney suburb of Milperra.
• 1987 - The Australia Telescope Compact Array is opened.