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.
- 1846 – Bushranger Lawrence Kavenagh is executed by hanging.
- 1912 – A fire at Mount Lyell traps miners underground, killing 42 men.
- 1923 – Cairns, Queensland is proclaimed a city.
- 1982 – The National Gallery of Australia is opened in Canberra.
- 1985 – Canon Arthur Marshall became the first Aboriginal bishop in Australia.
- 1988 – Two police officers are killed in the Walsh Street police shootings.
- 2002 – Eighty-eight Australians are killed in Bali in bombings committed by Jemaah Islamiyah (pictured: The Sari Club after the bombings) (read the full story here).
- 2003 – Death of Jim Cairns, Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government, aged 89.
- 2004 – Simon Crean resigns from the position of Shadow Treasurer, and John Faulkner resigns as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate in the aftermath of the Australian Labor Party’s election loss.
International Observances.
- Children’s Day (Brazil)
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
– Columbus Day (Honduras)
– Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España, also Armed Forces Day (Spain)
– Día de la Raza (El Salvador, Uruguay)
– Día de la Resistencia Indígena, “Day of Indigenous Resistance” (Venezuela)
– Día de las Américas (Belize)
– Día de las Culturas, “Day of the Cultures” (Costa Rica)
– Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural, “Day of respect for cultural diversity” (Argentina) - Discovery Day (The Bahamas, Colombia)
- Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as “Crowleymas” (Thelema)
- Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
- Freethought Day
- Hafez Day (Iran)
- Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea), celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.
- International Day Against DRM
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