Thursday, October 1, 2020 Australian Explorers

1844 - German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt sets out from the Darling Downs to travel northwest to Port Essington. [more] Australian History

1850 - Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. [more] 1935 - Heinz & Company in Australia begins producing tinned baked beans. [more] 2009 - Australia's population passes 22 million. [more] World History

1908 - The first Model T Ford is introduced to the American public. [more] 1942 - Little Golden Books publishes its first set of children's books. [more] 1962 - Two people are killed during riots as America's first black college student is admitted to the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford. [more] 1969 - The Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time. [more]