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Events on Tuesday 21 October 2014 1
1916 – 2014Gough Whitlam (1916-2014)Died 21 October 2014, aged 98Gough Whitlam, the reformist Australian prime minister whose government was controversially dismissed by the governor-general in 1975, died in Sydney. His government introduced universal healthcare and free university education in Australia. His dismissal remains a defining moment in Australian constitutional history.