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The Ashes urn is reputed to contain a burnt item of cricket equipment, possibly a bail.
- 1882 – Australian cricketers win The Ashes for the first time.
- 1998 – The Liberal Party government of Tony Rundle is voted out in Tasmania and replaced with an ALP government of Jim Bacon.
- 2001 – Graham "Shirley" Strachan, lead singer of Australian 1970s rock group Skyhooks, is killed in a helicopter accident.
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