3 June in Australian History

Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.

• 1929 – Fremantle, Western Australia, is proclaimed a city.
• 1969 – The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in the South China Sea, killing 74 US sailors.
• 1991 – Paul Keating made his first leadership challenge for the Australian Labor Party. Bob Hawke won 66–44 and Keating resigned as Treasurer the same day.
• 1992 – Mabo v Queensland is decided upon by the High Court of Australia, making irrelevant the doctrine of terra nullius and recognising the existence of Native Title land rights.

International Observances.

• Roman Empire: Festival for the goddess Bellona.
• Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee, United States)
• Economist day (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Mabo Day (Australia)
• Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan)
• World Bicycle…