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• 1912 - The SS Koombana sinks near Port Hedland, Western Australia during a cyclone, 138 passengers and crew drown.
• 1916 - ANZAC Corps land in France.
• 1942 - At Terowie, South Australia, American General Douglas MacArthur makes his famous speech about the Battle of the Philippines which included the words "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
• 1990 - Serial killer John Wayne Glover is arrested for the North Shore Granny Murders.
• 2003 - 2000 Australian troops participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.