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1862, Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
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18 January
1980
'Montego Bay' hits number one
Upper Hutt’s Jon Stevens achieved back-to-back no. 1 singles when ‘Montego Bay’ bumped ‘Jezebel’ from the top of the New Zealand charts.
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This Week in History
1 March
1862
Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
2 March
1865
Missionary Carl Völkner killed at Ōpotiki
3 March
1960
Barry Crump publishes
A good keen man
4 March
1855
Legendary sheep rustler James Mackenzie caught
5 March
2013
Census held after two-year delay
6 March
1830
Outbreak of the 'Girls' War' at Kororāreka
7 March
1842
New Zealand's first official execution