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.
- 1791 – A party of twenty-one convicts escape from Port Jackson and (with an obviously limited knowledge of Australian geography) attempt to walk to China. Some die in the wilderness, while others are recaptured.
- 1792 – The Philadelphia becomes the first foreign trading vessel to visit Sydney.
- 1853 – The first postage stamps of Tasmania are issued.
- 1914 – The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force leaves for Egypt.
- 1916 – a general coal strike began in eastern Australia.
- 1926 – General Motors opens assembly plants in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
- 1940 – Aviator Guy Menzies is killed when his flying boat is shot down over Italy.
- 1945 – Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations (picture: Deputy PM Frank Forde signing UN Charter, 1945) (read the full story here).
- 1967 – Pop singer Tina Arena is born in Moonee Ponds.
- 1972 – Actress Toni Collette is born in Blacktown, New South Wales.
- 1986 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen wins his final election as Premier of Queensland with his party, the National Party, gaining 38.6% of the vote.
- 1990 – The Australian domestic aviation market is deregulated.
- 2005 – Makybe Diva wins her third Melbourne Cup.
International Observances.
- All Saints’ Day, a holy day of obligation in some areas (a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries), and its related observance:
– Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico, Haiti) - Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria)
- Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma)
- Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava (Chhattisgarh, India)
- Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.
- Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka, India)
- Kerala Day (Kerala, India)
- Liberty Day (United States Virgin Islands)
- International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
- National Brush Day (United States)
- National Awakening Day (Bulgaria)
- Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day (Japan)
- The first day of winter observances:
– Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales)
– Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year) - World Vegan Day
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