1935  - 

Elvis Presley, King of Rock 'n' Roll, is born.

1804  - 

The first recorded cricket match takes place in the New South Wales colony. 

1814  - 

George Evans advocates building a road over the Blue Mountains, to follow in the tracks of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth. 

1931  - 

The largest Australian gold nugget of the twentieth century is found in Kalgoorlie. 

1998  - 

The Melbourne Herald Sun reports that a strange, unidentified creature has washed up on the Tasmanian coast. 

1676  - 

King Charles II of England is forced to withdraw his Proclamation Suppressing Coffee Houses, delivered only twelve days earlier.