1778  - 

George Evans, explorer in the early New South Wales colony, is born.

1819  - 

English judge John Thomas Bigge is dispatched to inquire into Macquarie's administration in the New South Wales.

1891  - 

Australia's great shearers' strike, which led to the formation of the Labor Party in Australia, begins.

1975  - 

The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Australia, is struck by bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing 12. 

1941  - 

British pioneering aviatrix Amy Johnson is killed in an areoplane crash.