11 July 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.

• 1916 – Gough Whitlam (pictured), later Prime Minister of Australia, was born.
• 1974 – Sir John Kerr sworn in as Governor-General of Australia.
• 1979 – American space station Skylab crashes in Western Australia
• 1987 – The Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party returned to power after a double dissolution federal election.
• 1990 – Sarah MacDiarmid, age 23, disappears and likely murdered at Kananook railway station, Melbourne. The crime remains unsolved.

International Observances.

• China National Maritime Day (China)
• Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)
• Day of the Flemish Community (Flemish Community of Belgium)
• Eleventh Night (Northern Ireland)
• Free Slurpee Day (Participating stores of the 7-Eleven chain in North America)
• National Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of the Citizens of the Polish…