1942 – A floatplane from Japanese submarine I-25 makes a reconnaissance flight over Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay.
1945 – Motor racing driver Peter Brock is born in Hurstbridge.
1949 – Simon Crean, former leader of the Australian Labor Party, is born in Melbourne, Victoria.
1974 – Remains of Mungo Man discovered at Lake Mungo, New South Wales.
2005 – The ALP government of Geoff Gallop is re-elected in Western Australia for a second term.