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Francis Grose

1794 - Acting Governor of New South Wales Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose leaves New South Wales for England.
1927 - Batsman Bill Ponsford scores 437 for Victoria against Queensland at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
1967 - Prime Minister Harold Holt goes swimming at Cheviot Beach on Point Nepean, Victoria and is never seen again.
1980 - Two gunmen kill Turkish Consul-General Mehmet Baydar in Sydney, the killers were never apprehended.

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