1851 – Charles La Trobe, aka Charley Joe, was appointed as first Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.Party!
1918 HMAT Barunga was travelling to Australia with 800 sick and wounded when it was torpedoed on this day. Destroyers were quickly on the scene to pick up survivors and saved all the ships crew.
1922 A zoo in USA, the Bronx Zoo, had taken delivery of a male platypus and it was first put on display to the public on this day. Party!
1940 The Volunteer Defence Force, composed mainly of World War I veterans, was formed for home defence by the Returned Services League.
1942 The 2nd NZ Division captured Ruwiesat Ridge.
1964 Rupert Murdoch *hack* brought his new toy out to show off ; a new fish n chip wrapper called The Australian. Hmph.
1971 Today saw the introduction of the HQ Holden Kingswood! Party!
1977 Anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay vanished near Griffith, presumed murdered.
1978 Today saw the biggest LGBT rights protest/demonstration to date with more than two thousand people in attendance.
1995 The Queensland state election partied itself into a hung Parliament, but with the support of independent Liz Cunningham the Coalition (Liberal Party & National Party) formed the Government in Queensland.
2009 A Tsunami warning was issued at 7: 46 pm by the Bureau of Meteorology following an earthquake measuring 7.9 just off the NZ coast.
