Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, Victoria (Australia), Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.,
The Greek oil tanker ''Aegean Sea'', carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A CoruГ±a (province), Spain, and spills much of its cargo.,