Gday...

1800  -     Beethoven's first symphony premieres in Vienna. 

1844  -     The first permanent synagogue is built in Australia.

1874  -     A major strike is held at Moonta Mines in South Australia. 

1877  -     Mordecai Ham, the man who led Billy Graham to Christ, is born. 

1914  -     Actor Sir Alec Guinness is born.

2005  -     Pope John Paul II, the Pope who contributed significantly to the fall of communism in the Twentieth century, dies. 

2011  -     Thousands of people in Sydney rally against the proposed "carbon tax". 

Cheers - John