This week in history

April 27, 2005
Issue 
624

April 27

1904: The first Australian Labor Party government is elected.

1973: Female script assistants walk off the job, launching the ABC's first ever strike.

April 28

1981: Thousands march against Expo 88 and demand Aboriginal land rights.

April 29

1770: Captain Cook notes in his journal that Aborigines he had meet "all seem'd to want for us to be gone".

April 30

1967: Muhammed Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing to be drafted.

1975: Victory of the Vietnamese Revolution.

May 1

1887: Australia's first May Day celebrations are held.

2003: Scottish Socialist Party wins 6 seats in Scottish elections.

From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, April 27, 2005.
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