1998 Death Adelaide Hawley Cumming, Betty Crocker, dies at 93 1995 Event Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide 1993 Death Adelaide Hall, U.S. jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92 1993 Event West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide 1992 Event Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 vs. India at Adelaide 1991 Event Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 vs. England at Adelaide 1991 Event Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. England Adelaide 1991 Event Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide 1990 Event Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval 1990 Event Wasim Akram scores Test century (123) at Adelaide 1990 Event Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs. Australia at Adelaide 1989 Event Dean Jones scores 216 vs. WI at the Adelaide Oval 1987 Birthday Ben Nicholas, born in Adelaide, Australia, actor, known for role as Scott Timmins in Australia's soap opera, 'Neighbours' 1986 Event David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 vs. England at Adelaide 1986 Event David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide 1985 Event David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 vs. India at Adelaide 1984 Event Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide) 1981 Birthday Lleyton Hewitt, born in Adelaide, South Australia, professional tennis player, youngest male ever ranked number one in the World, at age 20 1981 Event Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs. Australia at Adelaide Oval 1981 Event Kim Hughes scores 213 vs. India at Adelaide 1978 Event India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445 1977 Birthday Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Event Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide 1973 Birthday Brett Maher, born in Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Phil Rogers, born in Adelaide, Australia, 100m breaststroker, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Nicklas Kulti, born in Stockholm, Sweden, professional tennis player, won the Australian Open in Wimbledon junior titles in 1989, top singles title in Adelaide, 1990 1971 Event Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs. England at Adelaide 1970 Birthday Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher, New York Yankees 1969 Birthday Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1968 Event 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1) 1968 Birthday Mark Bradtke, born in Adelaide, Australia, basketball center, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Nadine Handford, born in Adelaide, Australia, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Australia Ladies 1966 Event Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs. England, Adelaide 1965 Birthday Christine Burton, born in Adelaide, Australia, golfer, 1990 T25 Victorian Open 1965 Birthday Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star, 1993 Wimbledon mixed 1964 Birthday Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer, S Australia State champ 1993/94 1964 Birthday Shane Robinson, Adelaide SA, Australasia golfer 1964 Event Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval 1963 Event 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2) 1961 Event Kanhai completes twin tons (117 and 115) vs. Australia at Adelaide 1961 Event Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide 1959 Event Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide 1959 Event Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test vs. England, Adelaide Oval 1958 Birthday Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer, 1983 Victorian Amateur Champ 1957 Birthday David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1956 Event 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0) 1956 Birthday Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981 1951 Event 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Australia vs. WI at Adelaide 1951 Event Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide 1951 Birthday Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS-77, STS-89/91 1948 Event Test debut of Neil Harvey, vs. India at Adelaide 1947 Birthday Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist, Little River Band 1933 Event Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test 1932 Event Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval 1932 Event Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide 1931 Event Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,697 1930 Event Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,422 1930 Event Start of the 1st Australia vs. West Indies Test (at Adelaide) 1929 Event Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut vs. England at Adelaide 1926 Birthday Keith Michell, Adelaide Australia, actor, 6 Wives of Henry VIII 1920 Birthday Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry 1913 Birthday Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country 1911 Event South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide 1898 Birthday Judith Anderson, born in Adelaide, Australia, actress, Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon 1884 Event 1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval 1882 Birthday C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia 1864 Death Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet 1850 Event Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1836 Event Adelaide, South Australia founded 1825 Birthday Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet 1761 Birthday Friedrich von Matthison, German poet, Adelaide
