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Communist Revolution in Russia, it was under the leardership of Vladimir Lenin
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In the UK, Stanley Baldwin (a conservative) and Ramsay MacDonald (Labour leader) swap the prime ministership several times
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In the UK, Stanley Baldwin (a conservative) and Ramsay MacDonald (Labour leader) swap the prime ministership several times
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James Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television transmission
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The Jazz Singer begins the era of 'talking pictures' and the end of silent movies
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Coniston massacre: 60 or more Aboriginal people killed in revenge attacks by police and others in the Northern Territory after the murder of a white dingo trapper—one of the last of such large-scale revenge massacres
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Japan invades Manchuria in China and Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup
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English cricket team devises ‘bodyline bowling’ to beat the run-scoring talents of Don Bradman
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Last thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in captivity dies in Hobart
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Black Friday bushfires in Victoria kill 71 people and destroy five towns
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The first Holden, the 48-215 (FX), the first all-Australian car, is produced
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First Australian television broadcasts begin
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Cyclone Tracy destroys Darwin, killing 71 people
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Colour television introduced in Australia
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Fall of the Berlin Wall fomally concluded
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89 Australians are among the 202 killed in the Bali bombings in Indonesia
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Black Saturday fires in Victoria kill 173 people, the highest death toll of any Australian bushfire
