- 1914 – Eighteen people die in the shipwreck of the steamship Saint Paul at Cape Moreton, Queensland.
- 1939 – The first Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Wirraway training aircraft, takes to the air at Fishermans Bend, Victoria.
- 1986 – The Russell Street Bombing in Melbourne claims the life of the first female police officer killed in the line of duty.
- 1992 – Lang Hancock, West Australian iron ore magnate, dies.
- 1999 – The ALP government of Bob Carr is re-elected comfortably in New South Wales.