- 1788 – A seventeen-year-old convict, Thomas Barrett, receives the first death sentence in the colony.
- 1902 – Drover, poet and soldier Harry "Breaker" Harbord Morant is executed by firing squad at Pietersburg.
- 1994 – Australian Federal Sports and Environment Minister Ros Kelly resigns over "The Sports Rorts Affair", where it was alleged that she apportioned money for community sporting projects in a pork barreling fashion.