1861 - Explorers Burke, Wills and King stagger into their base camp at Cooper Creek upon their return from the Gulf of Carpentaria, and find it deserted.
1910 - American author and satirist, Mark Twain, born during the appearance of Halley's Comet, dies as the comet returns.
1918 - Notorious German flying ace, the Red Baron, is killed.
1970 - The Hutt River province in Western Australia secedes from the Commonwealth of Australia.
1989 - Student protests in China begin, ultimately leading to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Cheers - John
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2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto - 2008 23ft Golden Eagle Hunter Some people feel the rain - the others just get wet - Bob Dylan
