2013 Event Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces a plan to help settle Papua New Guinea asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat 2013 Event A boat carrying asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island; Australian authorities rescue 88 people and 9 are feared dead 2009 Event An Australian navy ship intercepts a boat carrying 60 suspected asylum seekers 1947 Birthday Paul Leyton, rocker, Seekers 1946 Birthday Patricia Hodge, actress, Heat of the Day, Shell Seekers, Sunset 1943 Birthday Judith Durham, born Melbourne, Australia, Judith Mavis Cock, singer, jazz, lead vocalist for The Seekers, Australian popular folk music group 1943 Birthday Eve Graham, rocker, New Seekers 1932 Birthday Gardner McKay, born in New York City, actor, Pleasure Seekers, Boots and Saddles 1849 Event 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California 1848 Event 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF
