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15th December 1851: The Forest Creek Monster Meeting of Australian gold miners protests taxes

  • 15th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Australia, Gold, mining, Protest, Victoria

Over 14,000 Australian gold miners gathered at Forest Creek in Victoria for a protest known as the Monster Meeting.

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14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA

  • 14th March 2022
  • Tagged as: Culture, Gold, Grammy, Music, Perry Como, Recording, USA

Gold records were originally presented to artists by their own label, primarily as a form of self-congratulatory publicity.

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