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This Day in Commonwealth History: 9 August 1842: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty establishes the US-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains 1851: Gold is discovered at Sovereign Hill, near Ballarat, in Victoria 1902: Edward VII is crowned King in Westminster Abbey 1945: Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray killed in action in Japan; one of the last Canadians to die during WWII and the last to be awarded the Victoria Cross 1961: John Key, 38th (and current) Prime Minister of New Zealand, born in Auckland 1965: Singapore is expelled from Malaysia, becoming the first and only country to gain independence unwillingly 1968: Australian actor Eric Bana born in Melbourne 2006: At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in connection with a plot to detonate bombs on transatlantic airliners flying from the UK to the US and Canada
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 04:15:09 +0000

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