Captain Thunderbolt
1622: What is believed to be the first English ship to sight Australia, the 500 tonne Tryal, is wrecked on rocks in the Monte Bello Islands off WA. Ninety-seven of the 143 aboard killed.
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1787: A convention under George Washington met for the first time in Philadelphia to draw up the US constitution.
1837: Port Adelaide, South Australia is proclaimed a harbour and legal port.
1870: Bushranger Captain Thunderbolt is shot dead by Constable AB Walker.
1895: Irish playwright Oscar Wilde is convicted of a morals charge in London and is later sentenced to prison.
1986: Thirty million people worldwide join in pop singer Bob Geldof's Race Against Time to raise money for the starving in Africa.
