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On These Days in History: 3-7 September
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3rd September
Australian History
1901 - The Australian flag is flown for the first time. 
1939 - Australia at war: announced by Prime Minister, Robert Gordon Menzies. 
World History
1976 - US spacecraft Viking 2 lands on Mars to take the first close-up photographs of the planet's surface. 
2004 - Siege of a Russian school ends: leaving 335 dead, mostly children.
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4th September 
Australian History
1873 - Colonel Warburton captures an Aboriginal woman with the intent of forcing her to reveal the whereabouts of native wells.
2006 - Australian icon, Steve Irwin, is killed by a stingray.
World History
1923 - The first American airship, the USS Shenandoah, makes its maiden flight.
1957 - Apartheid in Arkansas, USA: National Guardsmen were ordered to prevent black students from attending an all-white school.
1957 - The Ford Motor Company introduces the ill-fated Edsel
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5th September
Australian Explorers
1699 - Sea explorer William Dampier departs 'New Holland' after sailing along the western coastline for five days.
World History
1885 - The first petrol pump is sold, US: manufactured by Sylvanus F Bowser.
1997 - Mother Teresa dies: famous for ministering to lepers, the homeless and the poor in the slums of Calcutta.
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6th September
World History
1620 - 'Mayflower' departs Plymouth: English emigrants on the pilgrim ship left England on their way to the New World in America.
1941 - Nazi Germany dictated a new rule: that all Jews over the age of 6 wear the Star of David in public. 
1972 - Munich Olympic Games: Nine Israeli athletes being held hostage are killed in a bungled rescue attempt during the Games.
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7th September
Born on this day
1815 - Australian explorer John McDouall Stuart.
1876 - C J Dennis, Australian journalist, poet and author of 'The Sentimental Bloke'.
1936 - Buddy Holly, rock 'n' roll singer of the 1950s. 
Australian History
1825 - Major Edmund Lockyer, Australian explorer, arrives in Brisbane to explore the upper reaches of the Brisbane River.
1936 - The last known Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, dies.
World History
1940 - The WWII Blitz begins: German airforce begins its intensive bombing campaign on London.
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ON THIS DAY 2nd September
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Australian Explorers
1840 - Edward John Eyre names 'Mt Hopeless'- Eyre aimed to find a way through the Australian continent from south to north, but after leaving Adelaide he encountered salt lake after salt lake. Each time he attempted to go around a salt lake, he found his way barred by yet another. Eyre climbed a peak which gave him a vista of shimmering salt lakes in every direction. He named that peak "Mt Hopeless".
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Australian History
1922 - Henry Lawson died - one of Australia's best-known fiction writers of the colonial period. Most of his works dwelt on the Australian bush, depicting the difficult conditions of life on dry, dusty outback stations and in bush towns. He did not romanticise life in the bush and his humour was dry and sardonic. (Project Gutenberg: read Lawson's poetry here)  
1984 -"Milperra Massacre" -Fathers' Day, Sydney. A battle between rival biker gangs. Seven people were killed, including an innocent 14yo girl.
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World History
459 - St Simeon Stylites dies - first and most famous of the "pillar-sitting hermits".
1666 - The Great Fire of London begins. 
1945 - Japan signs an unconditional surrender, officially ending WWII.
2009 - Onam Festival in Kerala, India -Onam is the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala. It is a harvest festival and is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over the state by people of all communities. According to a popular legend, the festival is celebrated to welcome King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam (read more here)
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