2015 Event Australia's Liberal Party votes in Malcolm Turnbull to replace Tony Abbott as prime minister; Abbott had received majority backing from his party in a no-confidence vote just seven months ago 2014 Event The G-20 summit in Australia ends with a commitment by leaders of the 20 nations to take steps to raise their collective GDP by $2 trillion over the next four years; critics say that proposed measures are not specific enough to achieve this goal 2014 Event Australia bans all visas from the Ebola-hit nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the nation's officials state that this is required to preserve public health, but health experts have criticized the policy 2014 Event A partial solar eclipse takes place, only viewable from certain regions of Australia and Antarctica; the annular eclipse was formed as the moon blocked out the center of the sun, leaving a ring of solar rays 2014 Event A total lunar eclipse takes place tonight; the eclipse will be visible in North and South America, New Zealand, Australia and nearby regions; the next total lunar eclipse will take place on October 8, 2014 2014 Event Flight recorder signals from the missing Malaysia Air jet are no longer detectable; the flight, which disappeared on March 8th, may be located in a zone of over 57,000 square km of water about 2,200 km to the northwest of Perth, Australia 2013 Event The Australian Government institutes a legal challenge to same-sex marriage in its High Court in response to the Australian Capital Territory becoming the first territory in Australia to legalize same-sex marriage 2013 Event Major bushfires that have endangered lives and destroyed homes cause Barry O'Farrell, the Premier of Australia's New South Wales to declare a state of emergency 2013 Event Sydney, Australia welcomes Harry, the Prince of Wales, who has come to celebrate 100 years of the Royal Australian Navy 2013 Event Australia's outgoing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces he isn't seeking re-election as the leader of the Labor Party 2013 Event Central Australia reports the sighting of a Central rock rat; the creature is found only in Australia and has not been seen since 1960 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 The oldest European remains of a white man are discovered in Australia; the Manning River Skull may belong to a man born in 1650, predating the country's history that Captain James Cook was the first to land on Australia's east coast in 1770 2013 Event Australia's government plans to hold a referendum to recognize local government in its constitution; the referendum will coincide with the country's federal election taking place September 14, 2013 2013 Event The Reserve Bank of Australia reduces its benchmark interest rate to 2.75% from 3.00% 2013 Event Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally apologizes to people affected by forced adoptions during the 1950s through 1970s 2013 Event Australia swears in Denis Napthine as the Premier of Victoria, replacing Ted Baillieu 2013 Event Thousands of people on Australia's east coast are threatened by over 130 wildfires burning, and are forced to leave their homes 2013 Event Bush fires burn out of control in Tasmania, Australia, leaving thousands stranded 2012 Event Parts of Australia and the South Pacific witness a total solar eclipse, with Cairns being the most populated city to experience this rare event 2012 Event Women-only literary prizes are launched by Canada and Australia; the prize, formerly known as the Orange continues its search for a sponsor 2012 Event Australia's High Court upholds legislation providing for cigarettes to have plain packaging 2012 Event Australia's Sally Pearson sets a new Olympic record when she wins the 100 metres hurdles in 12.35 seconds at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Event Australia announces its plan to create the largest marine reserve in the world 2012 Event Winds in southwestern Western Australia of up to 140km/h batter the area and leave more than 170,000 homes without power 2012 Event Following political reforms in Myanmar, Australia relaxes sanctions on the country, including by-elections earlier this month where opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's party won more than a dozen seats 2012 Event The first deployment of U.S. Marines arrives in Australia's city of Darwin in the Northern Territory 2012 Event The Government of Fiji takes over controlling interest in Australia's Qantas airline subsidiary Air Pacific 2012 Event Following a landslide victory, Campbell Newman is sworn in as Australia's new Premier of Queensland 2012 Event Despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom, Julian Assange announces his plan to run for the Senate of Australia 2012 Event Australia's Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after the Warragamba Dam overflows, causing evacuations in the Sydney suburbs Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point 2012 Event Australia's Qantas airlines announces its plan to cut 500 jobs 2012 Event On Australia Day nearly 200 indigenous protesters surround a restaurant in Canberra, trapping Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, opposition leader inside 2012 Event Queen Elizabeth II appoints John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, and artist David Hockney, to the Order of Merit 2011 Event At its conference in Sydney, Australia's Labor Party turns to support gay marriage, laying the groundwork for legislation 2011 Event Australia's Qantas airlines and its unions are ordered to settle their industrial dispute within 21 days 2011 Event A lockout causes the Australia's Qantas airlines to ground its entire fleet while it handles the ongoing industrial dispute 2011 Event South Australia swears in their new Premier, Jay Weatherill after officially electing him as the leader of the Australian Labor Party 2011 Event Queen Elizabeth II makes her 16th visit to Australia, commencing in the capital city of Canberra 2011 Event In Australia, thousands of Toyota workers go on strike over a pay dispute 2011 Event A previously unknown species of bottlenose dolphin is identified by researchers at Australia's Monash University, who named it Tursiops australis 2011 Event Serena Williams is defeated in Women's Singles at the 2011 U.S. Open by Samantha Stosur of Australia 2011 Event Australia's unemployment rate for August 2011 has risen to 5.3% 2011 Event Australia's economy achieves 1.2% second quarter growth after floods initially let to a .9% contraction in the second quarter 2011 Event The world's potentially oldest fossils, thought to be 3.4 billion years old, are found in the Strelley Pool rock formation in Western Australia's outback 2011 Event Stock markets in Asia, Australia and the United States fall after the U.S. loses it's AAA credit rating 2011 Event The Hendra virus is detected in a dog in Queensland, Australia near the Beaudesert; the virus has never before been detected in anything other than flying foxes, horses or humans 2011 Event Following an outbreak of Hendra virus, Maylaysia delcares a ban the import of horses from Australia 2011 Event Senior politician Norman Moore calls upon Western Australia to consider secession over carbon tax and Minerals Resource Rent Tax 2011 Event Australia's Prime Minster Julia Gillard introduces details of plan to implement a carbon tax 2011 Event Due to a range of safety concerns, all Tiger Airways flights in Australia are grounded until July 9th by the country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority 2011 Event Volcanic ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile continues to disrupt flights in Australia 2011 Event Australia bans live cattle exports to Indonesia for up to six months in response to reports of cruel treatment at Indonesian slaughterhouses 2011 Event Burial services for Claude Choules, aged 110, the last living veteran of World War I, take place in West Australia's port of Fremantle 2011 Event In a Schrodinger's cat experiment, researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light; this is the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another 2011 Event Pro- and anti-carbon tax rallies are attended by thousands in Sydney, Australia 2011 Event Tropical cyclone Anthony lands in Bowen in Queensland, Australia, forcing a disaster zone declared in areas still recovering from the 2010-2011 Queensland floods 2011 Event Australia and Japan win their semi-final games and will play in the AFC Asian Cup final 2011 Event Australia's enormous flood effects 13,000 properties in rural Victoria 2011 Event River levels in Queensland, Australia continue to rise, 200,000 people are affected and one fatality are reported 2010 Event The oldest type of stone axe in the world is dated at 35,500 years old; it was found in Australia's Northern Territory in the lands of the Jawoyn people 2010 Event Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop, is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Square 2010 Event Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal ship, is reported to be leaking oil after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia 2009 Event Melbourne, Australia records highest-ever temperature, sparking the deadliest brushfires in Australian history 2008 Event Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the Aboriginal people of Australia 2006 Death Steve Irwin, wildlife expert, television personality, 'The Crocodile Hunter', wildlife documentary series, dies in Batt Reef, Australia, of a stingray barb 2003 Event United States, Briain, Australia and Poland invade Iraq without United Nations sanction 2000 Event 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched) 1997 Event Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida 1997 Event Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series 1996 Event Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo 1996 Event South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield 1996 Event Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup 1996 Event Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi 1996 Event Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs. Australia, World Cup 1996 Event Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup 1995 Event Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs. Australia, MCG) 1995 Event Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Australia vs. Sri Lanka, WACA) 1995 Event Earliest 1st-class cricket in Australia season (Qld vs. Western Prov) 1995 Death Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for New Zealand vs. Australia 1946), dies 1995 Event Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy 1995 Event Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park 1995 Event Queensland beat S Australia to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield 1995 Event Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain 1995 Event Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria vs. South Australia 1995 Event Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia 1995 Event Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1994 Event Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test 1994 Death Hans J. Salter, Australia/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98 1994 Death John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55 1994 Event Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup 1994 Event South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs 1993 Event 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1) 1993 Event Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time 1993 Event 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0) 1993 Event Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. Australia 1993 Event Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs. Australia, Old Trafford 1993 Event Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss vs. Australia 1993 Event West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide 1993 Event West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0 1993 Event Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG 1992 Event Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo 1992 Event Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka 1992 Event Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL vs. Australia) 1992 Event Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia 1992 Event Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1992 Event Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs. Australia at the SCG 1991 Event Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia 1991 Event Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, vs. Australia at the Gabba 1991 Event Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia 1991 Event Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1990 Event 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St. Petersburg (3-2) 1990 Event In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal 1990 Event Paul Hogan and Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia 1990 Event Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah 1990 Event Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup 1990 Event Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs. Australia at Adelaide 1989 Event Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die 1989 Event Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia 1989 Event 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed 1989 Event Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge 1989 Event Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes 1989 Event William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia 1989 Event Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney 1989 Event West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup 1988 Event Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes 1988 Event John Tarrant, 1st Australia born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission 1988 Event Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets vs. WI at the WACA but Australia lose 1988 Event Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia 1988 Event Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala) 1988 Event Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth 1988 Event World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Australia 1988 Event Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor 1988 Event Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1987 Event Australia hang on for draw vs. New Zealand at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short 1987 Event Allan Border scores 205 vs. New Zealand to become Australia's top rungetter 1987 Birthday Ben Nicholas, born in Adelaide, Australia, actor, known for role as Scott Timmins in Australia's soap opera, 'Neighbours' 1987 Event Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup 1987 Event U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1987 Event David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia 1987 Event England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1987 Event Stars and Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup 1986 Event 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) 1986 Event India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie 1986 Event 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51 1986 Event Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1985 Event R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane 1985 Event Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba 1985 Event Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1985 Event Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia 1985 Event Henry G. Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia 1985 Event England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval 1985 Event Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle 1985 Death Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Australia 1935-36), dies 1985 Event Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) 1985 Event 1st day/night game at the MCG, Australia vs. England 1985 Event West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup 1985 Event Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts 1984 Event Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG 1984 Event Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 1984 Event 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Australia, New Delhi) 1984 Event 22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1) 1984 Birthday Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child 1984 Death Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Australia and AIF bat), dies 1984 Event Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney, Australia 1984 Event West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal 1983 Event 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) 1983 Event Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia 1983 Event Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-U.S. winner) 1983 Event Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia 1983 Event Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, vs. Australia 1983 Event NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield 1983 Event Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup 1983 Event Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win vs. England 1982 Event England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG 1982 Event Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan vs. Australia 1982 Death Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Australia/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies 1982 Event Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) 1982 Event Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, vs. Australia Wellington, run out 9 1982 Event West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup 1981 Event One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs. WI 1981 Event Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18 1981 Event Pakistan all out 62 vs. Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18 1981 Birthday Kirsty-Leigh Brown, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1981 Event Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford 1981 Event Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs 1981 Event Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43 1981 Event England set for innings loss vs. Australia, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls 1981 Birthday Nicole Kantek, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1981 Birthday Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1981 Birthday Anna Kournikova, born in Moscow, Russia, professional tennis player, model, winner, Grand Slam titles in Australia, 1999 and 2002 1981 Birthday Rebecca Wilson, born in Queensland, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 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 Birthday Lisa Skinner, Queensland Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1981 Event Australia all out 83 vs. India at MCG chasing 143 to win 1981 Event Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup 1981 Event Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs. Australia at Adelaide Oval 1981 Event India all out 63 in one-day international vs. Australia 1980 Birthday Jade Davidson, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1980 Birthday Martina Hingis, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1997 Australia/US/Wimb 1980 Event John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's 1980 Death Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies 1980 Birthday Jenny Smith, born in Western Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1980 Event Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs. Pak cricket draw 1980 Death Bon Scott, Australia rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33 1979 Event 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia vs. WI at SCG 1979 Birthday Salli Wills, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1979 Event U.S. Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates 1979 Birthday Rebecca Stoyel, born in South Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1979 Birthday Heath Ledger, born in Perth, Western Australia, Australian television and film actor 1979 Event Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test 1979 Birthday Julia Greville, born in Perth, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1979 Event Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes 1979 Event Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed 1978 Event Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing 1978 Event WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Australia at Kingston till riots end game 1978 Birthday Siobhan Drake-Brockman, born in Bunbury, Australia, tennis star, 1994 Port Pirie 1978 Event Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Australia Georgetown 1978 Birthday Dionne Bainbridge, born in Brisbane, Australia, New Zealand 200m swimmer 1996 Olympics 1978 Event 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI vs. Australia) 1978 Event Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test 1978 Event India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445 1978 Birthday Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures NC 1978 Death Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse 1977 Birthday Joanna Hughes, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1977 Event Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41 1977 Birthday Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1977 Event Courageous (U.S.) sweeps Australia (Australia) in 24th America's Cup 1977 Event England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia 1977 Event Geoff Boycott scores his 100th FC hundred, vs. Australia at Headingley 1977 Event Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham vs. Australia Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings 1977 Birthday Trent Steed, Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1977 Birthday Ryan Mitchell, born in Port Augusta SA Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1977 Event Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877 1977 Birthday Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1977 Birthday Stacey Gartrell, born in Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Saleem Elahi, cricketer, bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener vs. Australia 1995 1976 Birthday Matt Welsh, born in Melbourne, Australia, professional swimmer, backstroke and butterfly gold medalist at the World Championships in Shanghai, 2006 1976 Birthday Laura Csortan, Miss Universe-Congeniality, Australia, 1997 1976 Birthday Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star, 140 MPH serve 1976 Birthday Yanda Nossiter, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Helen Denman, born in Perth, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Scott Logan, Brisbane QLD Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Event Gold ownership legalized in Australia 1976 Birthday Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Angie Kennedy, Nambour QLD Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Event Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies 1976 Birthday Steven Dewick, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Event Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia 1975 Event Roy Fredericks hits 169 vs. Australia at WACA, hundred in 71 balls 1975 Birthday Nadine Neumann, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1975 Event Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI vs. Australia Brisbane 1975 Event Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) 1975 Birthday Petria Thomas, Lismore NSW Australia, swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver 1975 Event Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, vs. Australia, out for a pair 1975 Birthday Daniel Kowalski, born in Singapore, Australia swimmer, Olympics-bronze/silver-96 1975 Event West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1975 Birthday Scott Ferrier, born in Australia, high jumper/decathlete 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday Justin Boocock, born in Launceston, Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday Jason Gillespie, cricketer, SA fast bowler, Australia 1996 1975 Birthday Rita Grande, born in Napoli, Italy, tennis star, 3rd round 1996 Australia Open 1975 Birthday Scott Miller, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver 1975 Event Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes 1974 Event Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin, Australia 1974 Birthday Karrie Webb, born in Queensland, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Australia Strokeplay 1974 Birthday Ricky Ponting, cricketer, prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995 1974 Birthday Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Brad Williams, cricketer, Victoria and Young Australia fast bowler 1974 Event Courageous (U.S.) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup 1974 Birthday Vanessa Baker, born in Australia, diver 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Bindi Mansfield, Mooerbank NSW Australia, diver 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1974 Birthday Vyninka Arlow, Australia, diver 1996 Olympics 1974 Event Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia 1974 Birthday Mark Harrity, cricketer, promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler 1974 Birthday Michelle Scerri, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1995 Tasmanian 1973 Event 62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0) 1973 Event Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea 1973 Birthday Mia Farrance, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Michael Murphy, Brisbane QLD Queensland Australia, diver 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Samantha Riley, Brisbane Australia, breastroker, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Angelica Gavaldon, born in El Centro, California, tennis star, 1995 quarter Australia 1973 Birthday Bret Hudson, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Peter Scott, born in Newcastle, Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Susie O'Neill, born in Mackay, Australia, butterfly swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Kieren Perkins, born in Brisbane, Australia, 1500m swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-92, 96 1973 Birthday Alyson Annan, born in Sydney, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Daniel Marsh, cricketer, son of Rod South Australia slow lefty since 1993 1973 Birthday Adam Garcia, born in Wahroonga, Australia, actor, tap dancer, appeared on 'Doctor Who', appeared in films, 'Wilde', 'Coyote Ugly', 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' 1973 Birthday Emma Johnson, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Malcolm Allen, Wauchope NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Brett Maher, born in Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Kennedy Otieno, Kenya cricket wicket-keeper, 85 vs. Australia 1996 World Cup 1973 Birthday Nicole Pratt, born in Mackay, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures Australia 1973 Birthday Kirrily Sharpe, born in Bankstown, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Saga-JPN 1973 Birthday Kimberly Davies, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Baywatch 1973 Event WI vs. Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers 1973 Birthday Cathy Freeman, born in Mackay, Australia, 100m/200m/400m, Olympics-silver-92, 96 1973 Birthday Kristin Godridge, born in Traralgon, Australia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Singapore 1972 Birthday Patrick Rafter, born in Queensland, Australia, tennis star, 1993 USTA/Aptos California 1972 Event Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election 1972 Birthday Chris Fydler, Sydney NSW NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Jane Taylor, born in Maitland, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Wagga Waga 1972 Birthday Jenny Morris, born in Maryborough, Australia, field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Louise Dobson, born in Shepparton, Australia, field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics 1972 Event Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 vs. Australia 1972 Birthday Clint Robinson, Brisbane QLD Australia, K-1 1k canoeist, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1972 Event Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, vs. Australia at Old Trafford (57/62) 1972 Birthday Renita Farrell, born in Townsville, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Katrina Powell, born in Canberra, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Paul Michael Kent, born in Australia, New Zealand breastroker 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Richard MacQuire, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Tony Lawson, NSA Australia, diver 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Lee McIntyre, born in Peak Hill, Australia, golfer, T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ 1971 Birthday Mark Lathwell, cricketer, England opening batsman vs. Australia 1993 1971 Birthday Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Rachel McQuillan, born in Merewether, Australia, tennis star, 1989 Futures ITA 1971 Birthday Michelle Andrews, born in Newcastle, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Greg Blewett, cricketer, Australia batsman, century on Test debut 1995 1971 Birthday Matthew Hayden, cricketer, heavy scorer for Queensland, Australia 1994-96 1971 Birthday Amanda Coetzer, born in Hoopstad, South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Australia semi 1971 Birthday Dannii Minogue, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, sister of Kylie Minogue 1971 Birthday Ian Van Der Wal, Darwin Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Kate Starre, born in Armadale, Australia, field hockey utility 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Glen Housman, born in Rockhampton, Australia, swimmer, Olympics-silv-92, 96 1971 Birthday Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Nicole Stevenson, born in Melbourne, Australia, backstroker, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star 1971 Birthday Murray Hocking, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Cameron McFadzean, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Stuart Appleby, Cohuna, Australia, Nike golfer, 1994 Victorian PGA 1971 Birthday Phil Rogers, born in Adelaide, Australia, 100m breaststroker, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Todd Woodbridge, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, '95 doubles Wimbledon 1971 Birthday Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star 1971 Birthday Mariaan de Swardt, born in Johannesburg, South Africa tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia 1971 Birthday Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Nova Peris, Darwin Australia, field hockey left halfback 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Richard Green, born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia, professional golfer, won 1997 Dubai Desert Classic, listed in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Rankings 1971 Event Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Australia vs. England 1971 Birthday Brad Hogg, cricketer, WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia vs. India 1996 1971 Birthday Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia Open 1971 Event John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs 1971 Event 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG 1970 Event Would have been start of Australia/England Test Cricket at MCG, washed out 1970 Birthday Wendy Miles, Australia, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Australia Ladies Masters 1970 Birthday Peta Wilson, born in Sydney, Australia, model, actress, appeared in films, 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' and 'Superman Returns' 1970 Birthday Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1970 Event Intrepid (U.S.) beats Gretel II (Australia) in 22nd America's Cup 1970 Birthday Rebecca Joyce, Australia, rower 1996 Olympics 1970 Event Bill Halley and Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia 1970 Birthday Lisa Powell, born in Sydney, NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Maureen Lee, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer 1970 Birthday Shaun Young, cricketer, Tasmanian all-rounder, Young Australia 1995 1970 Birthday Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle, France, tennis star, 1992 Australia 1970 Birthday Richard Fromberg, born in Australia, tennis star 1970 Birthday Damien Fleming, Australia cricket pace bowler, hat-trick on Test debut 1970 Death Richard J. Neutra, Australia/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78 1970 Birthday Jason Stoltenberg, born in Australia, tennis star 1970 Event South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia 1970 Birthday Kristine Radford, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Lyneham 1970 Birthday Michael Slater, cricketer, devastating Australia opening bat since 1993 1970 Event Graeme Pollock completes 274 vs. Australia at Durban 1970 Birthday Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher, New York Yankees 1970 Event Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban 1970 Event Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif) 1970 Event Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town 1970 Birthday Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1969 Event India all out for 163 at Madras vs. Australia, Ashley Mallett 5-91 1969 Birthday Joanne Mills, born in Sydney, Australia, golfer, T25 Holden 1994 Women's Australia Open 1969 Event Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs. Australia at Calcutta 1969 Birthday Craig Jones, born in Nambour, Australia, Canadian Tour golfer, New Zealand Open 1994 1969 Birthday Dave Nilsson, Brisbane Australia, catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers 1969 Event Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia Kanpur 1969 Birthday Alison Peek, Australia, field hockey halfback/midfielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Scott Anthony Murray Nelson, born in Geelong, Australia, New Zealand 20k walker 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star, 1995 Auckland 1969 Birthday Shani Waugh, born in Bunbury, Australia, LPGA golfer, Australia sub-jr champ-1986, 87 1969 Birthday Nicole Arendt, Somerville, New Jersey, tennis star, 1996 Australia doubles finalist 1969 Event Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34 1969 Birthday Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Cate Blanchett, born in Ivanhoe, Australia, actress, Academy-Award winning performance in 'The Aviator', other films include, 'Elizabeth', 'The Lord of the Rings' 1969 Birthday Mark Allen, Australia, Australasia golfer 1969 Birthday Shaun Udal, cricketer, Hants off-spinner, England to Australia 1994-95 1969 Birthday Stephen Leaney, born in Australia, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Infinit TPC-7th 1969 Birthday Shannon Long, Gladstone Australia, playmate, Oct, 1988 1969 Birthday Fiona Robinson, born in Collie, Australia, basketball player, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Mathew Pallister, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1969 Event Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia vs. W Indies 1969 Death Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, vs. Australia Headingley 1938), dies 1969 Birthday Stephen John Davies, Australia field hockey forward/vice captain, 2 Bronze Medals and 1 Silver Medal 1992, 1996, 2000 Olympics 1968 Event 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1) 1968 Birthday Wendy Doolan, Sydney Australia, LPGA golfer, 1991 British Amat Champ-2nd 1968 Birthday Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1968 Birthday Hugh Jackman, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, producer, movies include 'Kate & Leopold', 'The Prestige', 'X-Men', named 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People magazine 1968 Birthday Sally Smith, Orange NSW, golfer, 1993 T67 Alpine Australia Ladies Masters 1968 Birthday Jana Novotna, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Australia/Wimbledon doubles 1968 Birthday Mark Bradtke, born in Adelaide, Australia, basketball center, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Mardi Lunn, born in Liverpool, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1994 McDonald's-17th 1968 Birthday Jay Stacy, Australia field hockey midfielder, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Eric Bana, born in Melbourne, Australia, actor, appeared on 'Tonight Live', 'Full Frontal' television shows, appeared in film, 'Munich', 'Lucky You', 'The Other Boleyn Girl' 1968 Event Australia all out for 78 vs. England at Lord's 1968 Birthday Kylie Minogue, Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Locomotion 1968 Birthday Lisa Campbell, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Jo Angel, cricketer, big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993- 1968 Birthday Andrew Trim, born in Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Peter Blackburn, born in Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1968 Event POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1968 Birthday Russell Butler, born in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, diver, Olympics 28th-88, 96 1968 Event Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia 1968 Birthday Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer, 1991 Thailand Open 1967 Birthday Paul Lynch, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Grant Leury, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Nadine Handford, born in Adelaide, Australia, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Australia Ladies 1967 Event Intrepid (U.S.) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in 21st America's Cup 1967 Birthday Rechelle Hawkes, born in Albany, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Graeme Lloyd, born in Australia, pitcher, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers 1967 Birthday Andrew Zesers, cricketer, played for Australia in 1987 World Cup 1967 Birthday Jenny Byrne, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1984 Futures-Wyong-AUS 1967 Birthday Natalie Hunter, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1966 Event Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself," as "terribly obscene" 1966 Birthday Rhonda Cator, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder, Australia ODI-Pak 1994 1966 Birthday Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star 1966 Birthday Paul Stevenson, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1966 Event Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia 1966 Birthday Karen Lunn, born in Cowra, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Women's British Open 1966 Event End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australia WK 1966 Event Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps 1965 Birthday Christine Burton, born in Adelaide, Australia, golfer, 1990 T25 Victorian Open 1965 Birthday Alison Munt, Cairns Australia, LPGA golfer, 1992 Jamie Farr-21st 1965 Birthday Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88 1965 Birthday Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star 1965 Birthday Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star, 1993 Wimbledon mixed 1965 Birthday David Wenham, born in Marrickville, Australia, appeared in films, 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Van Helsing', '300' 1965 Birthday John Leonard, born in Australia, poet, editor of poetry journal, 'Overland', 'Unlove', 'Braided Lands', 'Jesus in Kashmir' 1965 Birthday John Frawley, Australia, tennis star 1965 Birthday Shelley Oates, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Mark Waugh, cricketer, twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia 1965 Birthday Steve Waugh, cricketer, twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia 1965 Birthday Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon 1987 1965 Birthday Danielle Woodward, born in Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday John Stephenson, cricketer, England opening bat in one Test vs. Australia 1989 1965 Birthday Cameron Daddo, born in Melbourne, Australia, actor, Brian Petersen-Models Inc 1965 Event Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct 1964 Birthday Janet Soulsby, Corbridge Australia, golfer, Curtis Cup 1982 1964 Birthday Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer, S Australia State champ 1993/94 1964 Birthday Jackie Pereira, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey center and forward 1996 Olympics 1964 Event Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut vs. Australia 1964 Event Test Cricket debut of Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla vs. Australia 1964 Event 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2) 1964 Birthday Mats Wilander, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, 1988-US, Australia, French 1964 Event Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Australia at the Oval 1964 Birthday Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist, Olympics-16-92, 96 1964 Event England all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw 1964 Birthday Phil Emery, cricketer, NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994 1964 Event Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48 1964 Event Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia 1964 Birthday Jeff Fenech, born in Marrickville, Australia, professional boxer, boxing trainer, world champion, represented Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles 1964 Birthday Jamie Siddons, cricketer, Victorian and SA batsman ODI for Australia 1988 1964 Birthday Manon Bollegraf, born in den Bosch, Netherlands, tennis star, semi 1996 Australia doubles 1964 Event Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts 1964 Birthday Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984 1964 Event Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne 1963 Event 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2) 1963 Birthday Mike Veletta, cricketer, West Aussie opening bat, 8 Tests for Australia 1963 Event U.S.S.R. orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia 1963 Birthday Steven David Rintoul, born in Bowral, Australia, PGA golfer, 1994 Buick-2nd 1963 Birthday Wally Masur, born in Southampton, England, tennis coach, professional tennis player from Australia, won Australian Junior Championships at age 18 1963 Birthday Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson 1963 Birthday Elizabeth Smylie, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1987 Oklahoma City 1963 Birthday Ramon Andersson, born in Middle Swan Australia, canoeist, Olympics-br-92, 96 1963 Birthday Bruce Reid, cricketer, brilliant left-arm Australia pace bowler 1985-92 1963 Birthday Anne Minter, Australia, tennis star 1963 Birthday Jane Leary, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1992 Australian Amateur Champ 1963 Death Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Australia batsman), dies 1963 Event Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs. England 1963 Birthday Glenn Trimble, cricketer, son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986 1962 Birthday Nadeem Ghauri, cricketer, bowled in Test for Pak vs. Australia 1990 1962 Birthday Stephen John Elkington, Inverell Australia, PGA golfer, 1990 Kmart 1962 Birthday Karen Marsden, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Wayne Norman Phillips, Vic opener cricketer, Test for Australia vs. Ind 1992 1962 Birthday Courtney Walsh, cricketer, WI pace bowler, hat-trick vs. Australia 1988 1962 Event Weatherly (U.S.) beats Gretel (Australia) in 19th running of America's Cup 1962 Event Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (U.S. wins) 1962 Birthday Corinne Dibnah, born in Brisbane, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1988 British Open 1962 Birthday Sherrin Smyers, born in Newcastle, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Youngstown-11th 1962 Birthday Diane Pavich, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1993 T50 Alpine Australia Ladies 1962 Birthday Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Steve Irwin, born in Essedon, Australia, wildlife expert, television personality, 'The Crocodile Hunter', wildlife documentary series, owned and operated Australia Zoo 1962 Birthday David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter, Triffids 1962 Birthday Roshan Guneratne, cricketer, wicketless in only Test SL vs. Australia 1983 1962 Birthday Richard Roxburgh, born in Albury, Australia, actor, films include, 'Van Helsing', 'Like Minds', 'Hawke', 'Sanctum' 1961 Birthday Greg Egan, born in Perth, Western Australia, author, science fiction, books include, 'Permutation City', 'Diaspora', 'Incandescence' 1961 Birthday Robbie Kerr, cricketer, Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985 1961 Birthday Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star 1961 Birthday Leigh Bowery, born in Sunshine, Australia, designer, pop star, model, performance artist, influenced Boy George, Vivienne Westwood 1961 Event Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever 1961 Death Viscount Dunrossil, Governor-General of Australia (1959-61), dies at 67 1961 Event Kanhai completes twin tons (117 and 115) vs. Australia at Adelaide 1960 Birthday Broderick Dyke, Australia, tennis star 1960 Birthday John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star 1960 Birthday John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star 1960 Event Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie 1960 Birthday John Felton, Kyogle Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1960 Birthday Helen Hopkins, born in Donneybrook, Australia, golfer, Australian International 1983 1960 Birthday Glen Bishop, cricketer, S Aussie bat, 2 ODI's for Australia 1987 1960 Birthday Greg Ritchie, cricketer, Qld and Australia batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote 1960 Birthday Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor, INXS-Dogs in Space 1960 Death Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Australia author (Town like Alice), dies at 60 1959 Event Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs. Australia at Kanpur 1959 Birthday Greg Matthews, cricketer, NSW and Australia off-spin all rounder Yeah yeah 1959 Event President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs. Australia Test Cricket at Karachi 1959 Birthday Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1990 6th Vic Open 1959 Event 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2) 1959 Birthday Jalal-ud-din, cricketer, Pakistani paceman, ODI hat-trick vs. Australia 1982 1959 Event Australia and U.S.S.R. restore diplomatic relations 1959 Birthday Andrew Farriss, born in Australia, rock keyboardist, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt 1959 Birthday Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress, Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise 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 Event 47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2) 1958 Birthday Geoff Marsh, cricketer, Australia opening batsman 1985-92 1958 Birthday Lynda Lehmann, Karoonda Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1958 Birthday Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer, 1983 Victorian Amateur Champ 1958 Death Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brighton, South Australia, at age 76 1958 Event Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia 1958 Birthday Kirk Pengilly, born in Sydney, Australia, rocker, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt 1958 Birthday Wayne B. Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper, Australia 1957 Birthday David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1957 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Birthday Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist, Men At Work-Who Can it Be 1957 Birthday Wayne Desmond Grady, born in Brisbane, Australia, PGA golfer, 1990 PGA 1957 Birthday Garry Beers, born in Sydney, Australia, rocker, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt 1956 Event 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0) 1956 Event 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Event Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt 1956 Event 1st Pakistan vs. Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Birthday Dianne Fromhottz, Balestrat Australia, tennis star 1956 Event Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match 1956 Event Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1956 Birthday Mark Evans, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC 1956 Birthday Paul Parker, cricketer, one Test England vs. Australia 1981 1956 Death Siegfried F Nadel, Australia/British anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52 1955 Event 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) 1955 Birthday Jane Crafter, born in Perth, Australia, golfer, 1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams 1955 Event British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia 1955 Event Australia takes control of Cocos Islands 1955 Birthday Allan Border, cricket captain, Australia 1955 Event Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever 1955 Event Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia 1955 Event Atkinson and Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs. Australia 1955 Birthday Ian Callen, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1978, six wickets 1955 Birthday Judy Davis, born in Perth, Australia, actress, Husbands and Wives 1955 Event Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Australia, Kingston 1955 Birthday Graham Porter, cricketer, 1 day International for Australia 1979 1955 Birthday Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion 1955 Birthday Greg Norman, born in Queensland, Australia, PGA golfer, 1984 Kemper 1954 Event 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2) 1954 Event Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey vs. Australia at Gabba 1954 Birthday Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star 1954 Birthday Vitas Gerulaitis, born in Brooklyn, New York, tennis star, Australia 1987 1954 Birthday Taslim Arif, cricketer, Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 vs. Australia 1980 1954 Event Australia and U.S.S.R. break diplomatic relations 1954 Birthday Dav Whatmore, cricketer, Colombo Australia bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995- 1953 Birthday Martin Kent, cricketer, Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981 1953 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Birthday Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist, Men At Work 1953 Birthday Samantha Sang, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, pop genre, hit song at age 15 titled, 'You Made Me What I Am' 1953 Event Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 and 7-44) vs. Australia 1953 Birthday Jane Priest, born in Perth, Australia, Prince Charles' lover 1953 Birthday Nell Campbell, Laura, Sydney Australia, actress, Rocky Horror 1952 Birthday Ric Charlesworth, cricketer, WA opener, Australia hockey captain, MP, Labour 1952 Birthday Wendy Turnbell, Australia, tennis player, 1979,82 U.S. Opens Double 1952 Event 1st British nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1952 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1952 Birthday Paul Hibbert, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1977, scored 13 and 2 1952 Birthday Russell Hitchcock, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1952 Event Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38 1951 Event 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) 1951 Event 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Australia vs. WI at Adelaide 1951 Event West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket 1951 Event Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide 1951 Birthday Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer, LPGA Rookie of Year-1974 1951 Birthday Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS-77, STS-89/91 1951 Birthday Azmat Rana, cricketer, one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980 1951 Event Australia, New Zealand and U.S. sign ANZUS-pact 1951 Event U.S., Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty 1951 Birthday Evonne Goolagong, born in Cawley, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon 1971 1951 Birthday Raelene Boyle, born in Australia, sprinter, Silver Medal 1972 Olympics 1951 Birthday David Ogilvie, cricketer, 5 Tests for Australia 1977-78 1951 Birthday Ralph Cooper, born in Australia, drummer, Air Supply-All Out of Love 1950 Birthday Gillian Armstrong, born in Melbourne, Australia, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel 1950 Birthday Laureen Ford, born in Gympie, Queensland, golfer, 1992 Alpine Australia Ladies 1950 Event Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament 1950 Birthday Robyn Davidson, born in Miles, Australia, author, travel writer, wrote 'Tracks' 1950 Event 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1) 1950 Birthday Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1950 Event Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg 1949 Birthday Wally Edwards, cricketer, three Tests Australia vs. England 1974 1949 Birthday Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell 1949 Birthday David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply 1949 Event 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) 1949 Birthday Rick Springfield, Australia, General Hospital, Jessie's Girl 1949 Birthday Fanny Ardant, born in Monte Carlo, actress, Australia, Confidentially Yours 1948 Birthday Lin Onus, born in Melbourne, Australia, born William McLintock Onus, of Jiradjuri descent, artist, painter, sculptor, print maker, used Maningride rarrk cross-hatching-based painting style 1948 Event 37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0) 1948 Event Bradman scores 143 Australia vs. South of England, 17 fours 1 six 1948 Event England all out for 52 vs. Australia at Cricket Oval 1948 Event Bradman scores 133* Australia vs. Lancashire, 216 minutes, 17 fours 1948 Event Australia set 404 to win vs. England at Headingley 1948 Event Bradman scores 128 Australia vs. Surrey, 141 minutes, 15 fours 1948 Event Bradman is out for a duck, but Australia win Test Cricket anyway 1948 Death Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Australia, caught 44 stumped 21), dies 1948 Birthday Frank Estersmith, born in Australia, rocker, Air Supply 1948 Event Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs. Essex, world record 1948 Event Bradman scores 187 Australia vs. Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five 1948 Event Bradman scores 146 Australia vs. Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours 1948 Event Bradman scores 107 Australia vs. Worcs, 152 minutes, 15 fours 1948 Event Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs. Western Australia 1948 Event Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia 1948 Event Australia all out 674 vs. India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*) 1947 Event 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) 1947 Event British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia 1947 Birthday Les Joslin, cricketer, Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2 1947 Event India cricket all out for 58 vs. Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 1947 Event U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, New Zealand and UK 1947 Birthday Brian Johnson, Australia, hard rocker, AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie 1947 Birthday Jeff Moss, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. Pakistan 1979 1947 Birthday Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist, Little River Band 1947 Birthday Bob Massie, cricketer, Australia swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. England 1972 1947 Birthday David Colley, cricketer, NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972 1947 Birthday Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player 1947 Birthday Ashley Woodcock, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. New Zealand 1974, only knock 27 1947 Event Australia vs. England at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Australia since 1882 1946 Event 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0) 1946 Event Australia compile 645 vs. India at the Gabba (Bradman 187) 1946 Event Bradman scores 119 South Australia vs. Victoria, 183 minutes, 8 fours 1946 Birthday Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer, 1980 World Champion 1946 Birthday Tristan Rogers, born in Australia, actor, Robert Scorpio-General Hospital 1946 Birthday Anne Boyd, born in Sydney, New South Wales, composer, professor of composition at the University of Sydney, recipient, Order of Australia, for contributions to music 1946 Event Australia beats New Zealand in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day 1946 Event 1st Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand 1945 Event Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA vs. Australia Services 1945 Event Australia Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts 1945 Event Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta 1945 Birthday Tony Mann, Australia cricket leggie, 1977 century as nightwatchman vs. India 1945 Event Lindsay Hassett scores 187 and 124* for Australia Services at Delhi 1945 Event Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Australia Services at Old Trafford 1945 Event England defeat Australia Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket 1945 Event England and Australia Services draw 4th Victory Test 1945 Birthday Tony Roche, born in Tarcutta, Australia, professional tennis player, coach, upset Adriano Panatta to win the Davis Cup, 1977 1945 Birthday Terry Anderson, born in Sydney, Australia, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96 1945 Event Australia Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets 1945 Event Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Australia Services 1945 Birthday Bryan Andrews, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74 1945 Birthday Farooq Hamid, cricketer, 1-107 in Test, Pakistan vs. Australia 1964 1944 Death Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia, dies at 51 1944 Birthday Peter Weir, born in Sydney, Australia, director and writer, Witness, Dead Poets Society 1944 Birthday Glenn Shorrock, born in Sydney, Australia, rock vocalist, Little River Band 1944 Birthday Ross Duncan, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. England 1971, 0-30 1944 Birthday Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond 1944 Birthday Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer, 1977 Heritage 1943 Birthday Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ 1943 Birthday Lana Cantrell, born in Sydney, Australia, singer, Those Were the Days 1943 Birthday Judith Durham, born Melbourne, Australia, Judith Mavis Cock, singer, jazz, lead vocalist for The Seekers, Australian popular folk music group 1943 Birthday John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71 1943 Birthday Johnny Watkins, cricketer, NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Australia 1943 Birthday Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79 1943 Event Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win 1943 Event 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down 1942 Event Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia 1942 Event Japan bombs Port Darwin, Australia 1942 Birthday John Du Preez, cricketer, South Africa leg-spin all-rounder vs. Australia 1966-67 1942 Birthday Roy Fredericks, cricketer, brilliant WI lefty opener 169 vs. Australia 1975 1942 Birthday Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1942 Event General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander 1942 Death Alexander van Zemlinsky, Australia/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 1942 Event General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia 1942 Birthday Dave Sincock, cricketer, chinaman bowler played for Australia 1964-66 1941 Event Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years 1941 Event German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia 1941 Birthday Helen Reddy, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, I Am Woman 1941 Birthday John Williams, born in Melbourne, Australia, guitarist, Academy Award 1941 Event Australia and Britain attack Tobruk Libya 1940 Event South Australia all out for 47 vs. NSW, O'Reilly 5-11 1940 Birthday Bob Cowper, cricketer, Australia LHB, 307 vs. England MCG 1966 Very rich 1940 Birthday Jack Thompson, John Pain, Sydney Australia, actor, Breaker Morant 1940 Birthday Rex Sellers, Australia cricketer leg-spinner, bowled 5 overs in Tests 1940 Event Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees 1940 Birthday Diana Trask, Australia, singer, Sing Along With Mitch 1940 Death Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German/Australia meteorologist, dies at 93 1940 Birthday Richard Edwards, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1968-69 Australia/New Zealand tour 1940 Birthday Bryan Davis, cricketer, bro of Charlie WI batsman vs. Australia 1965 1940 Event Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA vs. West Australia 1940 Birthday Dennis Gamsy, cricketer, South African bat in 2 Tests vs. Australia 1970 1940 Event Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Australia at the WACA 1939 Event South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland 1939 Event Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 vs. Queensland 1939 Event Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service 1939 Event 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2) 1939 Birthday George Lazenby, born in Goulburn, Australia, actor, OHMSS-James Bond 1939 Event Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 Birthday Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1939 Birthday Phillip Adams, born in Maryborough, Australia, Australian writer, producer, broadcaster, and satirist 1939 Birthday Neil Hawke, cricketer, Australia pace bowler and late-order bat in 60s 1939 Birthday Germaine Greer, born in Melbourne, Australia, feminist/author, Female Eunich 1938 Event Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs. Qld before Christ gets him out 1938 Event Bradman scores 143 South Australia vs. NSW, 11 fours 91 singles 1938 Birthday Tony White, cricketer, 2 Tests WI vs. Australia 1965 1938 Event England beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval 1938 Event England score 7-903 decl vs. Australia Hutton 364 1938 Birthday Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam 1938 Birthday Helen Caldicott, born in Melbourne, Australia, physician/anti-war activist 1938 Event 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2) 1938 Event Bradman scores 202 Australia vs. Somerset, 225 minutes, 32 fours 1938 Birthday Robert Hughes, born in Australia, writer/critic, Barcelona 1938 Birthday Carmen Callil, born in Melbourne, Australia, publisher, author, founder, Virago Press, publisher of Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press 1938 Event Would be start of Eng/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1938 Event Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia vs. Lancashire 1938 Death H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer, 7 Tests for Australia 1910 -1912, dies 1938 Event Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 vs. Australia) aged 20 years 19 days 1938 Event England declare at 8 for 658 vs. Australia at Trent Bridge 1938 Event Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge 1938 Event Bradman scores 143 Australia vs. Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours 1938 Event In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs. MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six 1938 Event Bradman scores 258 Australia vs. Worcs, 293 minutes, 33 fours 1 five 1938 Birthday Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash, Gold Medals 1956, 1964 Olympics 1938 Birthday Johnny Gleeson, cricketer, mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72 1938 Birthday Herb Elliott, born in Australia, 1500m runner 1960 Olympics gold 1938 Event Bradman scores 104* for South Australia vs. NSW at the SCG 1938 Event Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs. Qld (1st innings) 1937 Event O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW vs. South Australia 1937 Event Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia 1937 Birthday Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer, 1964 St. Petersburg Open 1937 Birthday Col Guest, cricketer, Test Australia vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59 1937 Birthday Dawn Fraser, NSW Australia, 100m freestyle, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics 1937 Event Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down 1937 Birthday Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records 1937 Death "Barlow" Carkeek, Australia cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies 1937 Birthday John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold 1937 Event Bradman scores 270 Australia vs. England at the MCG, incl 110 singles 1936 Event Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80 1936 Birthday Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon-1964, 65, U.S. Open-61 1936 Birthday Ian McLachlan, cricketer, Cambridge and S Australia bat, later Liberal MP 1936 Birthday Keith Slater, cricketer, one Test for Australia 1958-59 series 1936 Death Henry Forster, cricket (Hants and Oxford U, Governor-General of Australia), dies 1935 Birthday Peter Allan, cricketer, 1 Test Australia vs. England 1965, 2-58 and 0-25 1935 Birthday Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer, 166 on debut Pakistan vs. Australia 1964 1935 Event Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia 1935 Birthday Ken Eastwood, cricketer, opened for Australia vs. England SCG 1971 1935 Birthday Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer, 1961 Milwaukee Open 1935 Birthday Pat Oliphant, Australia, cartoonist, The Art of Oliphant 1935 Birthday Chris Burger, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1957-58 1935 Birthday Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support 1935 Birthday Clive Halse, cricketer, South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Australia/New Zealand tour 1934 Birthday Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star, Wimbledon 1953, 56 1934 Birthday Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1956 1934 Event Bradman scores 149* Australia vs. England XI, 104 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes 1934 Event Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes 1934 Birthday Sam Trimble, cricketer, Queensland bat, 12th man for Australia, no Test 1934 Event Bradman scores 140 Australia vs. Yorkshire, 120 minutes, 22 fours 2 sixes 1934 Event Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia (7-61 and 8-43) 1934 Birthday Brian Barder, British high commissar, Australia 1934 Event Bradman gets 160 Australia vs. Middlesex, 124 minutes, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5 1934 Event Bradman scores 206 Australia vs. Worcestershire, 210 minutes, 27 fours 1934 Birthday Ron Taylor, born in Sydney, Australia, cinematographer, Those Amazing Animals 1934 Birthday Barry Humphries, Australia TV host, Dame Edna Everage 1934 Birthday Marlene Matthews, Australia, sprinter, 2 Bronze Medals 1956 Olympics 1933 Birthday Grenville Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand tourist to Australia 1973-74 1933 Birthday George Tibbits, born in Boulder, Australia, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue 1933 Birthday Diane Cilento, born in Australia, actress, Agony and Ecstasy, Wicker Man 1933 Birthday Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1932 Event Australia beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 minutes playing time 1932 Event South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings vs. Australia (Ironmonger 5-6) 1932 Event Bradman scores 167 for Australia vs. South Africa at the MCG 1931 Event Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG 1931 Event Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia 1931 Event British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1931 Event Ashmore and Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia 1931 Birthday Rupert Murdoch, born in Australia, publisher, New York Post and CEO of FOX 1931 Birthday Barry Tuckwell, born in Melbourne, Australia, hornist, London Symphony Orchestra 1955 - 1968 1931 Event West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG 1931 Event Bradman scores 152 Australia vs. WI, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives 1931 Event Bradman scores 223 Australia vs. WI, 297 minutes, 26 fours 1930 Event Bradman scores 258 NSW vs. South Australia, 289 minutes, 37 fours 1930 Event Start of the 1st Australia vs. West Indies Test (at Adelaide) 1930 Birthday Paul Hogan, born in Australia, actor, Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack 1930 Birthday Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Australia Orchestra Sydney 1976 1930 Birthday Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Australia 1930 Event Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test 1930 Event Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia vs. Hampshire, 240 minutes, 26 fours 1930 Event 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson) 1930 Event Bradman scores 252* Australia vs. Surrey, 290 minutes, 29 fours 1930 Birthday Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal, 1975 - 1983 1930 Event 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson) 1930 Event Bradman scores 185* Australia vs. Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours 1930 Event Bradman scores 236 Australia vs. Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng 1930 Birthday Alan Oakman, cricketer, England batsman against Australia 1956 1929 Birthday Robert J L Hawke, Lab, Prime Minister Australia, 1983 - 1991 1929 Event James H. Scullin forms Australia government 1929 Birthday John Rutherford, cricketer, one Test for Australia 1956 1929 Event Bradman scores 123 Australia vs. England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton 1929 Birthday Lennox Butler, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Australia 1955, 16 and 2-151 1929 Birthday Rod Taylor, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Bearcats, Time Machine 1928 Event 2nd Test Cricket Australia vs. England starts with Bradman 12th man 1928 Event England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane 1928 Event 1st U.S. to Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) 1928 Event 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler) 1928 Event 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler) 1927 Event Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia 1927 Birthday Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer, world record partnership vs. Australia 1955 1927 Event Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia 1927 Birthday George Thoms, cricketer, 1 Test Australia against WI 1952, scored 16 and 28 1926 Birthday Ronald Draper, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1949-50 1926 Birthday Keith Michell, Adelaide Australia, actor, 6 Wives of Henry VIII 1926 Birthday Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera 1926 Birthday Denis Atkinson, cricketer, WI all-rounder, 219 vs. Australia 1955 1926 Birthday Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor, El Cid, Ben-Hur 1924 Birthday Jasu Patel, cricketer, Indian off-spinner, 9-69 vs. Australia 1959 1924 Event 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins 1924 Event 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0) 1923 Death Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies 1923 Event 18th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) 1923 Event U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup 1923 Birthday Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India, 1947-8 Australia tour 1923 Birthday George Bean, cricketer, 92 runs in 3 Tests for England vs. Australia 1922 Event NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket 1921 Birthday Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1956 1921 Event Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 minutes Australia vs. Notts 1921 Birthday H. C. Artmann, born in Vienna, Australia, born Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, writer, poet, celebrated for his early Viennese poems 1921 Event Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England 1920 Event NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 1920 Birthday Leo McKern, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared 1919 Event Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London 1919 Birthday Keith Miller, cricketer, one of Australia's best ever all-rounders 1919 Event Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia 1919 Death John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Australia one Test 1895, one catch), dies 1919 Event 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 1918 Event 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Australia after WW I (Vic vs. NSW) 1918 Birthday Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor, Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera 1918 Birthday Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer, brother of Neil, Test for Australia 1918 Event Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River 1917 Birthday K M Rangnekar, cricketer, batted in 3 Tests India vs. Australia 1947-48 1917 Birthday Sidney Nolan, born in Australia, painter/illustrator, Ned Kelly 1916 Birthday Gough Whitlam, ALP, Australia, PM, 1972-75 1916 Birthday Len Hutton, cricketer, England opener, 364 vs. Australia The Oval 1938 1916 Birthday Morris L. West, born in Australia, novelist, Shoes of the Fisherman 1916 Birthday Don Tallon, cricketer, perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper 1915 Event Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service 1915 Birthday Charles Rowe, cricketer, scored a pair in only Test, New Zealand vs. Australia 1946, 1914 Event U.S. beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup 1914 Birthday Cec Burke, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner vs. Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2 - 30 1913 Birthday Ginty Lush, cricketer, NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Australia 1913 Birthday Coral Browne, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Margaret-Time Express 1913 Birthday Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, engineer, landowner, inherited Earldom but formally did not prove his right to the title 1913 Birthday Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country 1912 Birthday Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer, Triad 1912 Birthday Donald McRae, cricketer, Test for New Zealand, the 1946 debacle vs Australia 1912 Birthday Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler, didn't rep Australia 1912 Event England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament 1912 Event Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia vs. South Africa 1912 Birthday Patrick White, Australia, novelist, Happy Valley, Nobel 1973 1912 Event Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs. Australia at MCG 1911 Event Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs. Australia at MCG 1911 Birthday Wilfred Burchett, Australia, communist/writer, Catapult to Freedom 1911 Death Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Australia vs. South Africa Test 1911 Birthday Hal Porter, Australia, writer, Tilted Cross, Paper Chase 1911 Event South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide 1911 Event South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government 1910 Birthday Lennox Brown, cricketer, South Africa leg-spinner on 1931-32 Australia/New Zealand tour 1910 Event Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Australia (vs. South Australia) It rained 1910 Death Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Australia 1886-88), dies 1910 Birthday Laurie Nash, cricketer, Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia 1909 Birthday Jean Batten, New Zealand air pioneer, 1st woman to fly solo England to Australia 1909 Birthday Robert Helpmann, born in Mount Gambier, Australia, actor, Second Time Lucky 1909 Birthday Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor, Desert Rats 1909 Birthday Charlie Walker, South Australia cricket wicket-keeper, toured but no Tests 1909 Birthday Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano, Venus-Tannhauser 1909 Birthday Alan Marshal, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia 1908 Birthday Bill Hunt, cricketer, NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933 1908 Birthday Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67, ; supported U.S. in Vietnam 1908 Birthday William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal, 1971 - 1972 1908 Event Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England 1908 Event C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Australia 1908 Event England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG 1907 Event George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut vs. Australia SCG 1907 Death Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Australia's early Tests), dies 1907 Event 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia 1905 Event Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Australia season (NSW vs. Qld) 1904 Birthday Tim Wall, cricketer, 18 Tests for Australia 1928-34 1904 Birthday John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree 1904 Event England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs. Australia 1904 Birthday John Farrow, born in Sydney, Australia, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island 1904 Event England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68 1903 Event Reg Foster completes 287 England vs. Australia on Test Cricket debut 1903 Event Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier 1902 Birthday Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Australia 1902 Event Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia 1902 Event England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory 1902 Event Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia, 100 die 1902 Event Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford 1902 Birthday Christina Stead, born in Australia, novelist, Man Who Loved Children 1902 Event Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji vs. Australia, at Old Trafford 1902 Event Australia won the one and only Test Cricket played at Sheffield 1902 Event Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever 1901 Event Test debut of S F Barnes vs. Australia SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings 1901 Event Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne 1901 Event NSW (918) defeat S Australia (157 and 156) by innings and 605 1901 Event NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes 1901 Event Australia declares independence from federation of U.K. colonies 1901 Event Commonwealth of Australia established 1900 Birthday Otto Nothling, cricketer, Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26 1900 Event Australia accepts its constitution 1899 Event Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick England vs. Australia at Headingley 1899 Birthday [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Australia/British economist, Road to Serfdom 1898 Birthday Cyril Ritchard, Sydney Australia, actor, Peter Pan, Hans Brinker 1898 Birthday Howard W. Florey, Australia, pathologist; purified penicillin, Nobel '45 1898 Birthday Alexandra G "Alja" von Hoyer-Rachmanova, Russian/Australia author, Students 1898 Event Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England 1898 Birthday Judith Anderson, born in Adelaide, Australia, actress, Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon 1897 Birthday Alan Kippax, cricketer, 22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat 1897 Birthday William Herald, Australia, swimmer, 1920 Olympics 1897 Death John Cottam, cricket (Test for Australia 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies 1896 Event Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia, Old Trafford 1896 Event Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27 1895 Birthday Louise Granville, Sydney Australia, entertainer 1895 Event England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2 1895 Event J. T. Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England vs. Australia 1894 Event England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket 1893 Birthday Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba 1893 Birthday Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Governor General of Australia, 1959 - 1961 1893 Event Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia vs. England, Lord's 1893 Birthday Enid Bennett, Australia, silent film actress, Skippy, Hairpins 1893 Birthday Jack Durston, cricketer, England fast bowler against Australia 1921 1893 Birthday Arthur Carr, cricket captain, England vs. Australia 1926 1893 Birthday Cicely Courtneidge, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Double Exposure 1892 Birthday Roy Park, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. England 1920, out 1st ball 1892 Event Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia SCG 1891 Birthday Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia 1891 Death Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Australia tour), dies 1890 Event Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1890 Birthday Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel 1890 Event Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) 1890 Event 1st NSW vs. South Australia 1st-class cricket game 1888 Birthday George Hubert Wilkins, born in Australia, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic 1888 Birthday Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer, Million Dollar Mermaid 1887 Birthday Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor, White Sin 1887 Event England all out for 45 vs. Australia SCG, their lowest total ever 1886 Event Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia 1884 Birthday C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer, 3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11 1884 Event 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Australia 1884 Birthday Jackie Matthews, cricketer, Australia leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912 1884 Birthday Herbert Hordern, cricketer, pioneering leggie for Australia 1883 Event England complete 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Australia MCG 1883 Event Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia MCG 1882 Birthday Joe Hardstaff Sr, cricketer, "Hotstuff" in 1907-08 MCC tour of Australia 1882 Event Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket" 1882 Birthday Harry Makepeace, cricketer, 4 Tests for England vs. Australia 1920-21 1882 Birthday C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia 1880 Event Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, vs. Australia at The Oval 1880 Event W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, vs. Australia The Oval 1879 Birthday Robert Greig, Australia, actor, Horse Feathers 1879 Event Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route 1879 Event Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia 1878 Death Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Australia poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65 1878 Birthday R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer, 287 on debut England vs. Australia SCG 1903 1877 Birthday Victor Trumper, cricketer, Australia batsman 1899-1912 1877 Event Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Australia vs. England MCG 1877 Event Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match 1877 Event Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia vs. England at MCG 1876 Birthday Walter Griffin, U.S. architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Australia 1875 Birthday N F Druce, cricketer, 5 Tests for England vs. Australia 1897-98 1874 Event Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia 1874 Birthday Austin Diamond, cricket non-Test captain, NSW batsman 1899-1919, Australia 1874 Birthday J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. Australia 1902 1870 Birthday T R McKibbin, cricketer, NSW and Australia off-spinner late 19th century 1870 Birthday Harry Graham, cricketer, 107 on Test debut Australia vs. England 1893 1870 Birthday Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist, Richard Mahoney 1869 Birthday Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler, marvellous Australia at turn of century 1868 Event Australia Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins vs. Surrey Gentlemen 1867 Birthday Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Australia at turn of century 1867 Birthday Sammy Woods, cricket bowler, Australia and England Rugby wing-forward 1865 Event CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia 1864 Birthday Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet, Waltzing Matilda 1863 Event Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia 1862 Death Johann N Nestroy, Australia actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60 1859 Birthday George Giffen, cricketer, one of Australia's greatest all-rounders 1859 Birthday Ivo Bligh, cricketer, Lord Darnley England captain vs. Australia 1882-83 1858 Birthday May Robson, Mary J Robison, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Apple Annie 1856 Event Constitution of South Australia adopted 1854 Birthday John Blackham, cricketer, Australia's 1st wicketkeeper 1854 Birthday Alick A. C. Bannerman, cricketer, bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893 1854 Birthday Tom Felix Horan, cricketer, Ireland Pioneering Australia all-rounder 1853 Birthday Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer, Demon 1851 Event Gold fields discovered in Australia 1851 Event 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania vs. Vic, Launceston 1849 Birthday Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia, 1900 - 1903 1845 Birthday Dave Gregory, cricketer, Australia's 1st Test captain 1844 Birthday Bransby Cooper, cricketer, in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test 1839 Birthday Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet, Bell Birds 1839 Death Joseph A Koch, Australia painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 1837 Event Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times 1836 Event Adelaide, South Australia founded 1836 Event HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia 1836 Event HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land, also known as Tasmania, Australia 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Sydney, Australia 1820 Death Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies 1815 Birthday Henry Parkes, British journalist/premier of Australia 1815 Event George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia 1814 Death Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40 1795 Birthday Charles Sturt, England, explorer, Australia 1788 Event Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists 1788 Event Australia Day 1788 Event English settlers arrive in Australia's Botany Bay to setup penal colony 1774 Birthday Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer, coast Australia 1770 Event Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia 1770 Event Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia 1770 Event Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia 1770 Event Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) 1697 Event 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia 1616 Event VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
