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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