Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.
- 1826 – English-born bushranger Matthew Brady and cannibal Thomas Jeffries are hanged at the Campbell Street Gaol in Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land.
- 1912 – The play On Our Selection, written by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan and based on the work of Steele Rudd, is first performed in Sydney, New South Wales.
- 1942 – The five-day Battle of the Coral Sea, fought between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces, commences in the Coral Sea, between Australia and the Solomon Islands.
- 1960 – Comedian and television presenter Andrew Denton (pictured) is born in Sydney, New South Wales.
- 1986 – The four-day Australian Anarchist Centenary Celebrations, commemorating the foundation of the Melbourne Anarchist Club, conclude in Melbourne, Victoria.
International Observances.
- Anti-Bullying Day (United Nations)
- Bird Day (United States)
- Cassinga Day (Namibia)
- Coal Miners Day (India)
- Death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik Day (Slovakia)
- Greenery Day (Japan)
- International Firefighters’ Day
- May Fourth Movement commemorations:
– Literary Day (Republic of China)
– Youth Day (China) - Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled (Afghanistan)
- Remembrance of the Dead (Netherlands)
- Restoration of Independence Day (Latvia)
- Star Wars Day (International observance)
- World Give Day
- Youth Day (Fiji)
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