Gday...

1602  -     The Dutch East India company, which was indirectly responsible for many discoveries in the Pacific, is formed. 

1942  -     US General Douglas Macarthur first makes his famous "I shall return" speech at Terowie, South Australia. 

1974  -     An attempt is made to kidnap Princess Anne, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.

1991  -     Singer Eric Clapton's four-year-old son falls to his death from an open apartment window, 53 storeys up. 

1995  -     A Tokyo subway is attacked with Sarin gas. 

Cheers - John