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On This Day In 2000, Australian athlete Cathy Freeman won the women's 400m final at the summer Olympics in Sydney 
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On This Day In 1983, Australia 11 defeated the US yacht Liberty in the 7th and deciding race, to win the America's Cup off Newport, Rhode Island 
On this day in 1660, St. Vincent de Paul passed away yet his legacy lives on every day.
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On This Day In 1955, US actor James Dean died, aged 24, in a car crash at Cholame, California.
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On This Day In 1987, no murders were committed in New York City.
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On This Day In 1957, the Russian satellite Sputnik 1 became the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth 
On This Day 5th October 1949, Cyril Callister passed away at the age of 56. He was the inventor of Vegemite. Buried in Box Hill cemetery Melbourne Vic. Thank You Cyril.
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On This Day In 2023, 1200 people were murdered and another 251 people were taken hostage, during Hamas terrorist's attacks in Israel 
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On This Day In 2002, Islamist terrorists set off bombs in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians 
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On This Day In 1977, US singer-actor Bing Crosby died of a heart attack after playing golf near Madrid, Spain.
(His widow, Kathryn, died just three weeks ago)
(His widow, Kathryn, died just three weeks ago)
I’m dreaming of a White Christmas. I still play his album every Christmas.
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On This Day In 1970, the half- built West Gate Bridge spanning the Yarra River in Melbourne collapsed, killing 35 construction workers. R.I.P
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On this day 17th October 1854, the Eureka Hotel was burnt to the ground after only opening 3 months before.
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Did Ned do it Mackka?
Dave the info I have is on 6th October a miner was killed at the Hotel in Ballarat. the Hotel owner was arrested for the crime but was not convicted by the court. Many still believed he was responsible, and a small group of people torched the Hotel. The people involved were not arrested. Cheers Mackka
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On This Day In 1931, prolific inventor Thomas Edison died, aged 84, in West Orange, New Jersey. 
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On This Day In 1945, The United Nations formally came into existence. 
On this day, the Kelly Gang murdered Kennedy, Lonigan and Scanlon.
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