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Buddhist crisis: South Vietnamese soldiers attacked Buddhist protesters in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised.
William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th premier of New South Wales (born 1871)
Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.
John Verran, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia (born 1856)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales.
A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked the neutral oil tanker Hercules while she was traversing the South Atlantic.
Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government.
Steele Hall, Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia (born 1928)
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she remained a captive until 2009.
Mass protests demanding direct presidential elections broke out across South Korea.
At least 28 unarmed Indigenous Australians were massacred at Myall Creek, New South Wales.