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.
- 1629 – The Batavia (pictured) struck a reef on Beacon Island off the Western Australian coast, part of the Houtman Abrolhos.
- 1924 – The first human voice was successfully transmitted from London to Australia from Marconi’s experimental station.
- 1942 – The Uniform Income Tax Act, giving the Commonwealth government the sole right to collect tax for the duration of the war, came into effect.
- 1959 – The Soviet embassy in Canberra re-opened after closing in 1954 as a result of the Petrov Affair.
- 1985 – Melbourne celebrates its 150th anniversary
International Observances.
- Birthday of C. G. E. Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland and the flag flying day of the Finnish Defence Forces (Finland)
- Emancipation Day or Independence Day, commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King George Tupou in 1862, and the independence of Tonga from the British protectorate in 1970. (Tonga)
- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)
- National Unity Day (Hungary)
- Trianon Treaty Day (Romania)
- Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International)
- Day of state symbols in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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