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Question: What historical events happened on wednesday!?
can someone please list me a couple historical events that happened on Wednesday!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The link below is to "This Day in History" on History Channel!.com It plays a video clip, and you can enter other dates!. It also has this week in history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ash Wednesday Bushfires Australia 1983!.
The Ash Wednesday bushfires, also known as Southern Victoria and SA bushfires 1983, were a series of over 100 bushfires that started around the 16th of February 1983!.

The fire moved across Victoria and South Australia and killed some 75 people and injuring 2,600 people including destroying around 9,000 homes!.

Over 300,000 livestock died which included 250,000 sheep and other kinds of animals!.
The estimated cost was around $324 million dollars!.
Over a million hectares were burnt during the summer of 82/83


Cyclone Tracy Destroys Darwin, Australia 1974!.

Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve (Tuesday) to Christmas Day (Wednesday), 1974!.
Tracy killed 71 people!.
Wind speeds of 217 km/h registered at Darwin Airport before the equipment was itself blown away and there are estimates of maximum speeds of up to 300 km/h!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i dont think anything worth a shi# happened on wedsndayWww@QuestionHome@Com