1997 Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Aust one-day Series
1995 Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs. Aust, MCG)
1995 Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust vs. Sri Lanka, WACA)
1995 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld vs. Western Prov)
1995 Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ vs. Aust 1946), dies
1995 Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield
1994 Hans J Salter, Aust/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98
1993 Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs. Aust, Old Trafford
1990 Pakistan beat Aust by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
1988 John Tarrant, 1st Aust born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust
1985 Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Aust 1935-36), dies
1985 Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
1984 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Aust, New Delhi)
1984 Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust and AIF bat), dies
1982 Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies
1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust vs. WI
1981 England set for innings loss vs. Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls
1980 Martina Hingis, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1997 Aust/US/Wimb
1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust vs. Pak cricket draw
1980 Bon Scott, Aust rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33
1978 WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Aust at Kingston till riots end game
1978 Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Aust Georgetown
1978 Dionne Bainbridge, Brisbane QLD Aust, NZ 200m swimmer 1996 Olympics
1977 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust
1977 Geoff Boycott scores his 100th FC hundred, vs. Aust at Headingley
1977 Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham vs. Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings
1976 Saleem Elahi, cricketer, bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener vs. Aust 1995
1975 Roy Fredericks hits 169 vs. Aust at WACA, hundred in 71 balls
1975 Daniel Kowalski, born in Singapore, Aust swimmer, Olympics-bronze/silver-96
1975 Rita Grande, born in Napoli, Italy, tennis star, 3rd round 1996 Aust Open
1974 Karrie Webb, Ayr Queensland Aus, LPGA golfer, 1994 Aust Strokeplay
1974 Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995
1974 Mark Harrity, cricketer, promising South Aust left-arm fast bowler
1973 Angelica Gavaldon, born in El Centro, California, tennis star, 1995 quarter Aust
1973 Kieren Perkins, Brisbane QLD Aust, 1500m swimmer, Olymp-2 gold-92, 96
1973 Daniel Marsh, cricketer, son of Rod South Aust slow lefty since 1993
1973 Kirrily Sharpe, Bankstown Aust, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Saga-JPN
1973 Kimberly Davies, Melbourne Aust, actress, Baywatch
1973 Cathy Freeman, Mackay Aust, 100m/200m/400m, Olympics-silver-92, 96
1973 Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Singapore
1972 Patrick Rafter, born in Queensland, Australia, tennis star, 1993 USTA/Aptos California
1972 Jane Taylor, Maitland NSW Aust, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Wagga Waga
1972 Louise Dobson, born in Shepparton, Australia, field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics
1972 Renita Farrell, Townsville Qld Aust, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1972 Lee McIntyre, Peak Hill Aust, golfer, T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ
1971 Rachel McQuillan, Merewether NSW Aust, tennis star, 1989 Futures ITA
1971 Michelle Andrews, Newcastle NSW Aust, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics
1971 Greg Blewett, cricketer, Aust batsman, century on Test debut 1995
1971 Matthew Hayden, cricketer, heavy scorer for Queensland, Aust 1994-96
1971 Amanda Coetzer, Hoopstad South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Aust semi
1971 Glen Housman, Rockhampton QLD Aust, swimmer, Olympics-silv-92, 96
1971 Phil Rogers, born in Adelaide SA Aust, 100m breaststroker, Oly-bronze-92, 96
1971 Mariaan de Swardt, born in Johannesburg, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Aust,
1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Aust vs. England
1971 Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Aust Open
1970 Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out
1970 Wendy Miles, Australia, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters
1970 Shaun Young, cricketer, Tasmanian all-rounder, Young Aust 1995
1970 Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle, France, tennis star, 1992 Aust
1970 Damien Fleming, Aust cricket pace bowler, hat-trick on Test debut
1970 Richard J. Neutra, Aust/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78
1970 Michael Slater, cricketer, devastating Aust opening bat since 1993
1969 India all out for 163 at Madras vs. Aust, Ashley Mallett 5-91
1969 Joanne Mills, Sydney Aust, golfer, T25 Holden 1994 Women's Aust Open
1969 Shani Waugh, Bunbury Aust, LPGA golfer, Aust sub-jr champ-1986, 87
1969 Nicole Arendt, Somerville, New Jersey, tennis star, 1996 Aust doubles finalist
1969 Shaun Udal, cricketer, Hants off-spinner, England to Aust 1994-95
1969 Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player, Oly-bronze-96
1969 Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Aust vs. W Indies
1969 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (Engld, vs. Aust Headingley 1938), dies
1969 Stephen Davies, Aust field hockey forward/vice capt, Oly-sil-92, 96
1968 Sally Smith, Orange NSW, golfer, 1993 T67 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters
1968 Jana Novotna, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Aust/Wimbledon doubles
1968 Jay Stacy, Aust field hockey midfielder, Oly-4th/silver-88, 92, 96
1967 Nadine Handford, Adelaide Aust, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies
1967 Rechelle Hawkes, Albany W Aust, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1966 Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder, Aust ODI-Pak 1994
1966 End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Aust WK
1965 Christine Burton, Adelaide Aust, golfer, 1990 T25 Victorian Open
1965 John Stephenson, cricketer, England opening bat in one Test vs. Aust 1989
1964 Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer, S Aust State champ 1993/94
1964 Test Cricket debut of Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla vs. Aust
1964 Mats Wilander, Vaxjo Sweden, tennis star, 1988-US, Aust, French
1964 Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Aust at the Oval
1964 Jamie Siddons, cricketer, Victorian and SA batsman ODI for Aust 1988
1964 Manon Bollegraf, born in den Bosch, Netherlands, tennis star, semi 1996 Aust doubles
1963 Mike Veletta, cricketer, West Aussie opening bat, 8 Tests for Aust
1963 Bruce Reid, cricketer, brilliant left-arm Aust pace bowler 1985-92
1963 Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies
1962 Wayne Norman Phillips, Vic opener cricketer, Test for Aust vs. Ind 1992
1962 Courtney Walsh, cricketer, WI pace bowler, hat-trick vs. Aust 1988
1962 Diane Pavich, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1993 T50 Alpine Aust Ladies
1962 Roshan Guneratne, cricketer, wicketless in only Test SL vs. Aust 1983
1961 Kanhai completes twin tons (117 and 115) vs. Aust at Adelaide
1960 Greg Ritchie, cricketer, Qld and Aust batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote
1960 Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Aust author (Town like Alice), dies at 60
1959 Greg Matthews, cricketer, NSW and Aust off-spin all rounder Yeah yeah
1959 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs. Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
1959 Jalal-ud-din, cricketer, Pakistani paceman, ODI hat-trick vs. Aust 1982
1958 Geoff Marsh, cricketer, Aust opening batsman 1985-92
1956 Siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52
1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs. Aust
1955 Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Aust, Kingston
1954 Taslim Arif, cricketer, Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 vs. Aust 1980
1954 Dav Whatmore, cricketer, Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-
1952 Ric Charlesworth, cricketer, WA opener, Aust hockey capt, /MP, Labour
1952 Paul Hibbert, cricketer, one Test Aust vs. India 1977, scored 13 and 2
1951 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust vs. WI at Adelaide
1951 Evonne Goolagong Cawley, NSW Aust, tennis player, Wimbledon 1971
1950 Gillian Armstrong, Melbourne Aust, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel
1950 Laureen Ford, Gympie Queensland, golfer, 1992 Alpine Aust Ladies
1948 Bradman scores 143 Aust vs. South of England, 17 fours 1 six
1948 Bradman scores 133* Aust vs. Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours
1948 Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Aust, caught 44 stumped 21), dies
1948 Bradman scores 187 Aust vs. Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five
1948 Bradman scores 146 Aust vs. Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours
1948 Bradman scores 107 Aust vs. Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours
1947 Bob Massie, cricketer, Aust swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. Eng 1972
1947 Ashley Woodcock, cricketer, one Test Aust vs. NZ 1974, only knock 27
1947 Aust vs. Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882
1945 Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA vs. Aust Services
1945 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
1945 Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta
1945 Tony Mann, Aust cricket leggie, 1977 century as nightwatchman vs. India
1945 Lindsay Hassett scores 187 and 124* for Aust Services at Delhi
1945 Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford
1945 England defeat Aust Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket
1945 England and Aust Services draw 4th Victory Test
1945 Terry Anderson, born in Sydney NSW Aust, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96
1945 Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
1945 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Aust Services
1944 Peter Weir, Sydney Aust, director and writer, Witness, Dead Poets Society
1943 Johnny Watkins, cricketer, NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Aust
1943 Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Aust batsman 1975-79
1942 John Du Preez, cricketer, South Africa leg-spin all-rounder vs. Aust 1966-67
1942 Roy Fredericks, cricketer, brilliant WI lefty opener 169 vs. Aust 1975
1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70
1942 Dave Sincock, cricketer, chinaman bowler played for Aust 1964-66
1940 Bob Cowper, cricketer (Aust LHB, 307 vs. England MCG 1966 Very rich
1940 Rex Sellers, Aust cricketer leg-spinner, bowled 5 overs in Tests
1940 Vladimir Koppen, Russ/German/Aust meteorologist, dies at 93
1940 Richard Edwards, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1968-69 Aust/NZ tour
1940 Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Aust at the WACA
1939 Neil Hawke, cricketer, Aust pace bowler and late-order bat in 60s
1938 Bradman scores 225 South Aust vs. Qld before Christ gets him out
1938 Bradman scores 143 South Aust vs. NSW, 11 fours 91 singles
1938 Bradman scores 202 Aust vs. Somerset, 225 mins, 32 fours
1938 Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1938 Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 vs. Aust) aged 20 years 19 days
1938 Bradman scores 143 Aust vs. Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours
1938 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust vs. MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six
1938 Bradman scores 258 Aust vs. Worcs, 293 mins, 33 fours 1 five
1937 O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW vs. South Aust
1937 Col Guest, cricketer, Test Aust vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59
1937 "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
1937 Bradman scores 270 Aust vs. England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
1936 Ian McLachlan, cricketer, Cambridge and S Aust bat, later Liberal MP
1935 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer, 166 on debut Pakistan vs. Aust 1964
1935 Ken Eastwood, cricketer, opened for Aust vs. Eng SCG 1971
1935 Clive Halse, cricketer, South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour
1934 Bradman scores 149* Aust vs. Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes
1934 Sam Trimble, cricketer, Queensland bat, 12th man for Aust, no Test
1934 Bradman scores 140 Aust vs. Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes
1934 Bradman gets 160 Aust vs. Middlesex, 124 mins, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5
1934 Bradman scores 206 Aust vs. Worcestershire, 210 mins, 27 fours
1933 Grenville Alabaster, cricketer, NZ tourist to Aust 1973-74
1933 Diane Cilento, Queensland Aust, actress, Agony and Ecstasy, Wicker Man
1932 Aust beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 min playing time
1932 South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings vs. Aust (Ironmonger 5-6)
1931 Bradman scores 152 Aust vs. WI, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives
1930 Bradman scores 258 NSW vs. South Aust, 289 mins, 37 fours
1930 Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Aust Orch Sydney-1976
1930 Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Aust
1930 Bradman scores 185* Aust vs. Leicestershire, 317 mins, 16 fours
1930 Bradman scores 236 Aust vs. Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng
1929 Bradman scores 123 Aust vs. England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
1929 Lennox Butler, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Aust 1955, 16 and 2-151
1927 Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer, world record partnership vs. Aust 1955
1927 George Thoms, cricketer, 1 Test Aust against WI 1952, scored 16 and 28
1924 Jasu Patel, cricketer, Indian off-spinner, 9-69 vs. Aust 1959
1923 Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India, 1947-8 Aust tour
1923 George Bean, cricketer, 92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng vs. Aust
1921 Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 mins Aust vs. Notts
1919 John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Aust one Test 1895, one catch), dies
1918 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic vs. NSW)
1915 Charles Rowe, cricketer, scored a pair in only Test, NZ vs. Aust 1946,
1913 Ginty Lush, cricketer, NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust
1912 Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler, didn't rep Aust
1912 Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust vs. South Africa
1912 Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs. Aust at MCG
1911 Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs. Aust at MCG
1911 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust vs. South Africa Test
1910 Lennox Brown, cricketer, South Africa leg-spinner on 1931-32 Aust/NZ tour
1910 Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust) It rained
1910 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
1909 Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper, toured but no Tests
1909 Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia
1908 C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Aust
1907 Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies
1905 Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW vs. Qld)
1904 John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island
1902 Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Aust
1901 Test debut of S F Barnes vs. Aust SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings
1899 [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Aust/British economist, Road to Serfdom
1898 Howard W. Florey, Aust, pathologist; purified penicillin, Nobel '45
1898 Alexandra G "Alja" von Hoyer-Rachmanova, Russ/Aust author, Students
1898 Judith Anderson, Adelaide Aust, actress, Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon
1897 John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies
1896 Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut vs. Aust, Old Trafford
1894 Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus vs. Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)
1892 Roy Park, cricketer, one Test Aust vs. Eng 1920, out 1st ball
1892 Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England vs. Aust SCG
1891 Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies
1890 Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1888 George Hubert Wilkins, Aust, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic
1887 England all out for 45 vs. Aust SCG, their lowest total ever
1886 W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. Aust, The Oval
1884 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Aust
1884 Jackie Matthews, cricketer, Aust leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912
1884 Herbert Hordern, cricketer, pioneering leggie for Aust and Phila
1883 Anton, Friedrich Wilhelm, von Webern, Vienna Aust, 12-tone composer
1883 England complete 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Aust MCG
1883 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs. Aust MCG
1882 Otto Neurath, Aust/Brit philosopher, Foundation of Social Sciences
1882 Felix Frankfurter, Vienna Aust, 80th Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62
1882 Joe Hardstaff Sr, cricketer, "Hotstuff" in 1907-08 MCC tour of Aust
1880 W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, vs. Aust The Oval
1878 Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
1878 R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer, 287 on debut England vs. Aust SCG 1903
1877 Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust vs. Eng MCG
1876 Walter Griffin, U.S. architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust
1874 Austin Diamond, cricket non-Test capt, NSW batsman 1899-1919, Aust
1870 T R McKibbin, cricketer, NSW and Aust off-spinner late 19th century
1870 Harry Graham, cricketer, 107 on Test debut Aust vs. Eng 1893
1869 Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler, marvellous Aust at turn of century
1868 Aust Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins vs. Surrey Gentlemen
1867 Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Aust at turn of century
1867 Sammy Woods, cricket bowler, Aust and England Rugby wing-forward
1866 Henry Forster, cricketer, Oxford blue 1887-89, later Aust Gov-General
1862 Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60
1861 Rudolph Steiner, Kraljevic Aust, founder (doctrine of anthroposophy
1858 May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Melbourne Aust, actress, Apple Annie
1854 Tom Felix Horan, cricketer, Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder
1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust
1839 Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70
1797 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer, Unfinished Symphony
1788 English settlers arrive in Aust's Botany Bay to setup penal colony
1724 Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth
1709 Battle at Malplaquet: Engl/Aust/Dutch Great Alliance beat France
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