Matt Doran is an Australian journalist. Doran is currently co-host of Weekend Sunrise. Previously he has been a reporter for the Seven Network’s flagship public affairs program, Sunday Night and a reporter and presenter at Network Ten.

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• 1870 15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
• 1959 Dalai Lama flees China and is granted political asylum in India
• 1972 Northern Ireland’s Government and Parliament dissolved by the British Government and ‘direct rule’ from Westminster is introduced

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