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1938, Electric trains come to Wellington
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6 October
6 October
1769
Young Nick sights land
Ship’s boy Nicholas Young received a gallon of rum and had a headland named after him for being the first aboard HMS
Endeavour
to spot land in the south-west Pacific.
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This Week in History
27 June
1936
Māui Pōmare memorial unveiled
28 June
1881
First registered female pharmacist
29 June
1862
Wreck of the
White Swan
30 June
1939
First issue of
New Zealand Listener
published
1 July
1988
Bastion Point land returned
2 July
1938
Electric trains come to Wellington
3 July
1963
DC-3 crashes in Kaimai Range