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Steve Fossett

• 1969 – Three thousand protesters against the Vietnam War rally outside the US Consulate in Melbourne.
• 1975 – Juanita Nielsen disappears, allegedly kidnapped and murdered.
• 1986 – After 10 years in power, Neville Wran resigns as Premier of New South Wales and is replaced by Barrie Unsworth.
• 1991 – Chinese-Australian heart surgeon Victor Chang was murdered in Sydney.
• 2002 – American Steve Fossett completes his solo balloon navigation of the world landing in Durham Downs, Queensland.