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.
- 1923 – Lindsay Thompson, Liberal Premier of Victoria from 1981 to 1982, is born in Warburton.
- 1940 – Peter Doherty, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996, and Australian of the Year in 1997, was born in Brisbane.
- 1953 – The first of two nuclear tests in Operation Totem was conducted at Woomera, South Australia.
- 1954 – Peter Bakowski, Australian poet, was born in Melbourne.
- 1970 – A portion of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses (pictured), killing 35 (read the full story here).
- 1997 – Cheryl Kernot, leader of the Australian Democrats defected to the Australian Labor Party.
International Observances.
- Anniversary of the 1987 Coup d’État (Burkina Faso)
- Breast Health Day (Europe)
- Evacuation Day (Tunisia)
- King Father’s Commemoration Day (Cambodia)
- National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
- Shwmae Su’mae Day (Wales)
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