1564  - 

Italian scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei is born. 

1934  - 

Australian radio and television personality, Graham Kennedy, is born. 

1796  - 

Australia's first bushranger, John 'Black' Caesar, is shot. 

1876  - 

The current state flag of New South Wales is adopted. 

1942  - 

The Battle of Singapore reaches its conclusion as Singapore falls to the Japanese. 

1989  - 

After a ten-year war, the Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.