Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/May/May 16
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- 1954 - World champion boxer Jimmy Carruthers retires, undefeated.
- 1956 - The first post-war British nuclear tests begin in Australia, with Operation Mosaic at Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia.
- 1983 - NSW Premier Neville Wran steps aside in response to allegations rasied by ABC TV program Four Corners that he attempted to influence the NSW Magistry.
