1942    World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.

1989    A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

2007    Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the {{MV|Pasha Bulker}}.