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Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer

• 1844 – John Gavin is the first European settler to be legally executed in Western Australia. He was executed for murder at the age of fifteen.
• 1895 – Waltzing Matilda is first performed at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton, Queensland.
• 1942 – The 41st Infantry Division arrives in Australia, during World War II one million Americans were stationed in Australia.
• 1991 – Death of cricketer Bill Ponsford, who twice broke the world record for the highest first-class score, aged 90.