- 1870 – Bushranger Captain Thunderbolt is shot and killed near Uralla by Constable Alexander Walker during a highway robbery.
- 1930 – Amy Johnson arrives in Darwin, completing the first solo flight by a woman from England to Australia.
- 1991 – The state election in New South Wales produces a hung parliament. Nick Greiner manages to form a minority government with the support of four Independent MPs.
- 2005 – Entertainer and Gold Logie winner, Graham Kennedy dies.