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.
- 1908 – William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley is appointed the fourth Governor General of Australia.
- 1946 – Trans Australia Airlines makes its first flight.
- 1969 – Politician Natasha Stott Despoja (pictured) is born (read the full story here).
- 2004 – A terrorist attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta kills 10 Indonesians and injures 100.
- 2005 – John Wayne Glover, the Sydney North Shore Granny Murderer, is found dead in his prison cell.
International Observances.
- Armored Forces Day (Ukraine)
- California Admission Day (California, United States)
- Children’s Day (Costa Rica)
- Chrysanthemum Day or Kiku no Sekku (Japan)
- Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence (Slovakia)
- Emergency Services Day (United Kingdom)
- Independence Day or Republic Day, celebrates the proclamation of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) in 1948.
- Independence Day (Tajikistan), celebrates the independence of Tajikistan from USSR in 1991.
- Martyrs’ Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 8, follows a non-Gregorian calendar, see List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar)
- Remembrance for Herman the Cheruscan (The Troth)
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