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Opera House construction in 1968
- 1924 – The first Woolworths Supermarket opens in the Imperial Arcade in Sydney.
- 1941 – Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter ace, shot down five Junkers Ju-87 (Stuka) dive bombers in matter of minutes.
- 1958 – Construction of Stage I of the Sydney Opera House begins.
- 1972 – Prime Minister Gough Whitlam establishes his first cabinet, consisting of himself and Lance Barnard.
- 1989 – Trevor Kaine becomes Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.
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