Today in NZ history- 19/12/1879 - Universal male suffrage introducedThe Qualification of Electors Act extended the right to vote (or electoral franchise) to all European men aged over 21, regardless of whether they owned or rented property.
- 19/12/1941 - HMS Neptune lost in Mediterranean minefieldIn New Zealand’s worst naval tragedy, the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Neptune struck enemy mines and sank off Libya. Of the 764 men who lost their lives, 150 were New Zealanders.
- 20/12/1832 - New Zealand’s first cricket match Church Missionary Society (CMS) leader Henry Williams gave the male pupils (Māori and Pākehā) of his mission school at Paihia in the Bay of Islands a rare day off.
- 20/12/1913 - Waterfront strike endsThe Great Strike of 1913, which had begun in late October when Wellington waterside workers stopped work, finally ended when the United Federation of Labour conceded defeat.
- 19/12/1879 - Universal male suffrage introduced
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