1940 — The Vichy French Government was formed. 

1974 — SS Australis collided with HMAS Melbourne in Sydney Harbour. 

1911 — The Royal Australian Navy was formed.

1940 — The Battle of Britain began.

1951 — Korean War armistice negotiations began. 

1940 — The Battle of Calabria was fought off Italy.

1941 — Damour, Lebanon, fell to Australian forces. 

1943 — The Invasion of Sicily began. 

1919 — Germany ratified the Treaty of Versailles. 

1942 — No. 460 Squadron, RAAF, participated in a major raid against Wilhelmshaven, Germany. 

1942 — The 9th Australian Division was in action at EL ALAMEIN, Egypt, as the Allies attempted to push the German and Italian troops back

1942 — HORN ISLAND in Torres Strait, was bombed for the fifth time. Horn Island was the closest Allied base to Japanese forces at that time and housed many RAAF squadrons and thousands of men

1956 — The last RAAF transport planes returned from service in KOREA

1942 — Horn Island, Queensland, was bombed by Japanese warplanes.

1943 — Fenton Airfield, Darwin, was bombed by Japanese warplanes. 

1941 — The Battle of Damour began in Lebanon. 

1942 — Australian troops arrived at the First battle of El Alamein, Egypt. 

1943 — Australian ships sailed to support the Invasion of Sicily. 

1945 — Australian Prime Minister John Curtin died. 

1918 — The Battle of Hamel, France. 

1943 — No. 2 and No. 3 Squadrons, RAAF, received the United States Presidential Unit Citation. 

1900 — The Battle of Leuw Kop, South Africa. 

1950 — No. 77 Squadron, RAAF, were involved in a friendly fire incident during the Korean War.