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.
- 1915 – Alexander Burton died at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was awarded the Victoria Cross.
- 1942 – HMAS Canberra (pictured) is sunk in the Battle of Savo Island (read the full story here).
- 1962 – The Federal Government bans the drug, thalidomide.
- 1968 – Actor Eric Bana is born.
- 1987 – Julian Knight commits the Hoddle Street massacre in Melbourne, claiming seven lives and injuring nineteen others.
- 1990 – Joan Kirner becomes Victoria’s first female Premier after John Cain II retires from Parliament.
- 2004 – Richard Butler, the controversial governor of Tasmania, resigns.
International Observances.
- Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (United Nations)
- Meyboom (Brussels and Leuven, Belgium)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
- National Peacekeepers’ Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada)
- National Women’s Day (South Africa)
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