- 1892 – Sir Arthur Coles, businessman and philanthropist is born.
- 1946 – The Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) is established.
- 1975 – David Hicks, a prisoner of the United States Government at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was born in Adelaide, South Australia.
- 1990 – John Cain resigns as Victorian Premier over a series of financial scandals and is replaced by the first female premier of Victoria, Joan Kirner.
- 1994 – The Tasty nightclub raid in Melbourne sees 463 patrons strip searched during police raids.