Gday..

1813  -     Missionary and explorer, David Livingstone, is born. 

1921  -     Tommy Cooper, famous British comic, is born. 

1790  -     The HMS Sirius is wrecked off Norfolk Island before it can bring vital food and supplies to the starving colony at Sydney. 

1852  -     The First Gold Escort returns wealth from the Victorian goldfields to the South Australian colony. 

1932  -     The Sydney Harbour Bridge is officially opened, amidst unexpected controversy. 

1812  -     Today is "Swallows Day", marking the annual return of the swallows of Capistrano. 

1945  -     The American aircraft carrier, USS Franklin, is divebombed by a kamikazi Japanese aircraft, killing 724. 

Cheers - John