TODAY IN HISTORY

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Photographer: Morrie Hill
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Events

1 March 1862

Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
9 June 1909

Public Trust Office building opens
16 October 1914

Main Body of NZEF sails to war
5 November 1913

Battle of Featherston Street
25 April 1963

NZ medics start work in South Vietnam
2 February 1939

Welfare plan gets baptism of fire
4 December 1966

Radio Hauraki rules the waves
27 August 1904

Foundation stone for Victoria’s first building laid
17 July 1939

Death of Paddy the Wanderer
17 April 1880

First inter-city brass band contest
9 February 1900

Wanganui Opera House opened
26 November 1960

'Kiwi Keith' begins 12-year reign as PM
10 July 1967

NZ adopts decimal currency
7 December 1963

Bassett Road machine-gun murders
21 June 1964

The Beatles land in NZ
27 June 1975

Mark Williams hits no. 1
16 June 1923

Baby-farmer Daniel Cooper hanged
29 September 1862

NZ's first professional opera performance
26 July 1865

Parliament moves to Wellington
2 October 1986

'Slice of Heaven' hits No. 1
24 August 1878

Wellington steam-tram service opened
18 October 1954

NZ Opera Group's first opening night
24 September 1905

Race killing in Haining St, Wellington
15 February 1978

New Zealand beats England in a cricket test for the first time
6 March 1947

Debut performance of NZ Symphony Orchestra
8 November 1939

NZ Centennial Exhibition opens
14 March 1980

Split Enz hit no.1 with 'I got you'
3 April 1943

'Battle of Manners Street'
8 May 1970

'Cheryl Moana Marie' hits no. 1
2 May 1964

NZ's last electric tram trip
22 May 1884

First NZ Rugby team in action
10 February 1967

End of free school milk
10 April 1968

Sinking of the Wahine
22 January 1840

First European settlers arrive in Wellington
23 January 1855

Massive earthquake hits Wellington region
9 October 1967

The end of the 'six o'clock swill'
26 February 1844

'Pistols at dawn': deadly duel in Wellington
18 January 1980

'Montego Bay' hits number one
1 June 1960

NZ's first official TV broadcast