World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer <a about="#mwt55" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"SS","href":"./Template:SS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Pfalz"},"2":{"wt":"1913"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Pfalz_(1913)" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Pfalz (1913)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">SS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Pfalz</i></a> which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.