| | Friday, May 4, 2012 Australian History
| | 1842 - | The colony of the Moreton Bay District is declared a free settlement. [more] | | 1852 - | The Second Gold Escort arrives in Adelaide, returning wealth from the Victorian goldfields to the colony of South Australia. [more] | | 1864 - | The first trout eggs introduced to Australia begin to hatch. [more] | World History
| | 1970 - | Four students at Kent State University, Ohio, USA, are killed by members of the Ohio National Guard. [more] | | 1979 - | Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman Prime Minister. [more] | | |
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