On this day March 22 Australia 1897 - Edmund Barton heads a conference to discuss the proposed constitution for the Commonwealth of Australia. 1942 - Nine Japanese aircraft bomb the town of Katherine in Australias Northern Territory. Mitsubishi G4M1 Betty bombers of the Japanese Navy a pass over Katherine at 12.20pm before disappearing, only to return about 15 minutes later to bomb Katherines airfield. The aircraft dropped an estimated 91 bombs, 84 of which were anti-personnel Daisey Cutters. Damage within the town was minor, but there was one death, an aboriginal man known only as Roger. 1974 - Tasmania records its highest rainfall within a single day. Cullenswood received 352 mm in a 24 hour period. Other places 1923 - French mime artist, Marcel Marceau, is born.
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