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1998 Adelaide Hawley Cumming, Betty Crocker, dies at 93

1995 Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide

1993 Adelaide Hall, U.S. jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92

1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide

1992 Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 vs. India at Adelaide

1991 Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 vs. England at Adelaide

1991 Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. England Adelaide

1991 Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide

1990 Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval

1990 Wasim Akram scores Test century (123) at Adelaide

1990 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs. Australia at Adelaide

1989 Dean Jones scores 216 vs. WI at the Adelaide Oval

1986 David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 vs. England at Adelaide

1986 David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide

1985 David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 vs. India at Adelaide

1984 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)

1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs. Australia at Adelaide Oval

1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 vs. India at Adelaide

1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445

1977 Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide

1973 Brett Maher, born in Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard 1996 Olympics

1972 Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics

1971 Phil Rogers, born in Adelaide SA Aust, 100m breaststroker, Oly-bronze-92, 96

1971 Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs. England at Adelaide

1970 Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher, New York Yankees

1969 Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics

1968 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1)

1968 Mark Bradtke, Adelaide SA Aus, basketball center, Olympics-88, 92, 96

1967 Nadine Handford, Adelaide Aust, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies

1966 Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs. England, Adelaide

1965 Christine Burton, Adelaide Aust, golfer, 1990 T25 Victorian Open

1965 Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star, 1993 Wimbledon mixed

1964 Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer, S Aust State champ 1993/94

1964 Shane Robinson, Adelaide SA, Australasia golfer

1964 Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval

1963 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2)

1961 Kanhai completes twin tons (117 and 115) vs. Aust at Adelaide

1961 Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide

1959 Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide

1959 Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test vs. England, Adelaide Oval

1958 Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer, 1983 Victorian Amateur Champ

1957 David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply

1956 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)

1956 Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981

1951 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust vs. WI at Adelaide

1951 Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide

1951 Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS 77, STS 89/91

1948 Test debut of Neil Harvey, vs. India at Adelaide

1947 Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist, Little River Band

1933 Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test

1932 Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval

1932 Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide

1931 Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,697

1930 Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,422

1930 Start of the 1st Australia vs. West Indies Test (at Adelaide)

1929 Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut vs. England at Adelaide

1926 Keith Michell, Adelaide Australia, actor, 6 Wives of Henry VIII

1911 South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide

1908 Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut vs. Eng Adelaide (116)

1898 Judith Anderson, Adelaide Aust, actress, Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon

1884 1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval

1882 C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia

1864 Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet

1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die

1836 Adelaide, South Australia founded

1825 Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet

1761 Friedrich von Matthison, German poet, Adelaide



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