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Elizabeth Macurthur: oil painting by an unknown artist; from the collection of the [State Library of New South Wales

• 1813 – The first commercial shipment of wool sent to Britain by John and Elizabeth Macarthur.
• 1892 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the man with the donkey at Gallipoli born.
• 1904 – Street lights in Sydney are electrically lit.
• 1925 – Actress Ruth Cracknell born in Maitland, New South Wales.
• 1940 – The Story Bridge is opened in Brisbane
• 1942 – Elements of the Australian 9th Division arrive in El Alamein. The Division subsequently takes part in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein.
• 1945 – Frank Forde becomes the fifteenth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1951 – Actor Geoffrey Rush is born in Toowoomba, Queensland.
• 1964 – Kevin Conway was killed in action, the first Australian battle casualty in the Vietnam War.