1816  - 

Explorer James Kelly lands at Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, where he is arrested as a bushranger. 

1868  - 

The last ship to transport convicts to Western Australia docks at Fremantle.

2013  - 

A dust storm off Onslow, in the northwest of Australia, creates what looks like a huge red ocean wave.

1816  - 

The Davy safety lamp is first utilised in a coal mine, initially terrifying the miners who fear an explosion. 

1861  - 

Mississippi becomes the second US state to secede from the Union, precipitating the American Civil War.

1972  - 

Former ocean liner, the Queen Elizabeth, is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbour.