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Ben Chifley
- 1791 – Allan Cunningham, botanist and explorer, best known for discovering the Darling Downs is born in Wimbledon, London.
- 1945 – Ben Chifley becomes sixteenth Prime Minister of Australia.
- 1961 – Australian rules footballer, Tim Watson is born.
- 1997 – A crowd of over 100,000 people watch the Royal Canberra Hospital implosion. Twelve-year-old Katie Bender is killed instantly when debris from the site travels across Lake Burley Griffin.
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