- 1880 – Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan, Victoria; Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne are killed.
- 1894 – A Colonial Conference held in Ottawa, Canada, resolved to lay a telegraph cable between Canada and Australia.
- 1919 – Prime minister Billy Hughes signs the Treaty of Versailles on Australia's behalf. Australia gained mandate over German New Guinea.
- 1981 – Painter Russell Drysdale dies.