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1855 – Queen Victoria signs an Order-in-Council to change the name of Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania.
1944 – Birth of cricketer Terry Jenner.
1954 – Australia becomes a founding member of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
2006 – Motor racing champion Peter Brock dies in a race in Perth.

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