2003 United States, Briain, Australia and Poland invade Iraq without United Nations sanction
2000 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched)
1997 Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
1996 Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo
1996 South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield
1996 Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup
1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side vs. Australia, World Cup
1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1995 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1995 Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park
1995 Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain
1995 Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria vs. South Australia
1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia
1995 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1994 Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test
1994 John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55
1994 Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1994 South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
1993 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
1993 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time
1993 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
1993 Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. Australia
1993 Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss vs. Australia
1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
1993 West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0
1993 Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG
1992 Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
1992 Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka
1992 Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL vs. Australia)
1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia
1992 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1992 Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs. Australia at the SCG
1991 Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia
1991 Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, vs. Australia at the Gabba
1991 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia
1991 Australia beat NZ 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1990 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St. Petersburg (3-2)
1990 In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal
1990 Paul Hogan and Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
1990 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
1990 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs. Australia at Adelaide
1989 Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die
1989 Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia
1989 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed
1989 Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1989 Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes
1989 William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia
1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney
1989 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1988 Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes
1988 Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets vs. WI at the WACA but Australia lose
1988 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia
1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
1988 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
1988 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Australia
1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1988 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 Australia hang on for draw vs. NZ at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short
1987 Allan Border scores 205 vs. NZ to become Australia's top rungetter
1987 Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
1987 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 Stars and Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup
1986 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1986 India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1985 R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane
1985 Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba
1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
1985 Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia
1985 Henry G. Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
1985 England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
1985 Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle
1985 1st day/night game at the MCG, Australia vs. England
1985 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1985 Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts
1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
1984 Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
1984 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Aust, New Delhi)
1984 22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1)
1984 Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child
1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal
1983 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia
1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-U.S. winner)
1983 Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia
1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, vs. Australia
1983 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield
1983 Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1983 Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win vs. England
1982 England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG
1982 Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan vs. Australia
1982 Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb)
1982 Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, vs. Australia Wellington, run out 9
1982 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18
1981 Pakistan all out 62 vs. Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
1981 Kirsty-Leigh Brown, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1981 Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford
1981 Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs
1981 Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43
1981 Nicole Kantek, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1981 Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1981 Rebecca Wilson, born in Queensland, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1981 Lisa Skinner, Queensland Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1981 Australia all out 83 vs. India at MCG chasing 143 to win
1981 Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs. Australia at Adelaide Oval
1981 India all out 63 in one-day international vs. Australia
1980 Jade Davidson, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1980 John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's
1980 Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
1980 Jenny Smith, born in Western Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1979 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia vs. WI at SCG
1979 Salli Wills, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1979 U.S. Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates
1979 Rebecca Stoyel, born in South Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1979 Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test
1979 Julia Greville, born in Perth, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1979 Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 mins
1979 Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1978 Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
1978 Siobhan Drake-Brockman, born in Bunbury, Australia, tennis star, 1994 Port Pirie
1978 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI vs. Australia)
1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
1978 Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures NC
1978 Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse
1977 Joanna Hughes, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1977 Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41
1977 Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1977 Courageous (U.S.) sweeps Australia (Australia) in 24th America's Cup
1977 Trent Steed, Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1977 Ryan Mitchell, born in Port Augusta SA Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1977 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
1977 Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1977 Stacey Gartrell, born in Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Laura Csortan, Miss Universe-Congeniality, Australia, 1997
1976 Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star, 140 MPH serve
1976 Yanda Nossiter, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1976 Helen Denman, born in Perth, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1976 Scott Logan, Brisbane QLD Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Gold ownership legalized in Australia
1976 Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Angie Kennedy, Nambour QLD Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies
1976 Steven Dewick, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
1975 Nadine Neumann, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1975 Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI vs. Australia Brisbane
1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
1975 Petria Thomas, Lismore NSW Australia, swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver
1975 Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, vs. Australia, out for a pair
1975 West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1975 Scott Ferrier, born in Australia, high jumper/decathlete 1996 Olympics
1975 Justin Boocock, born in Launceston, Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1975 Jason Gillespie, cricketer, SA fast bowler, Australia 1996
1975 Scott Miller, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver
1975 Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes
1974 Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia
1974 Ricky Ponting, cricketer, prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995
1974 Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1974 Brad Williams, cricketer, Victoria and Young Australia fast bowler
1974 Courageous (U.S.) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup
1974 Vanessa Baker, born in Australia, diver 1996 Olympics
1974 Bindi Mansfield, Mooerbank NSW Australia, diver 1996 Olympics
1974 Vyninka Arlow, Australia, diver 1996 Olympics
1974 Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia
1974 Michelle Scerri, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1995 Tasmanian
1973 62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0)
1973 Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea
1973 Mia Farrance, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1973 Michael Murphy, Brisbane QLD Queensland Australia, diver 1996 Olympics
1973 Samantha Riley, Brisbane Australia, breastroker, Oly-2 bronze-92, 96
1973 Bret Hudson, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1973 Peter Scott, born in Newcastle, Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1973 Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1973 Alyson Annan, born in Sydney, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1973 Emma Johnson, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1973 Malcolm Allen, Wauchope NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1973 Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics
1973 Brett Maher, born in Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard 1996 Olympics
1973 Kennedy Otieno, Kenya cricket wicket-keeper, 85 vs. Australia 1996 World Cup
1973 Nicole Pratt, born in Mackay, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures Australia
1973 WI vs. Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers
1972 Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election
1972 Chris Fydler, Sydney NSW NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1972 Jenny Morris, born in Maryborough, Australia, field hockey fullback 1996 Olympics
1972 Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 vs. Australia
1972 Clint Robinson, Brisbane QLD Australia, K-1 1k canoeist, Oly-bron-96
1972 Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, vs. Australia at Old Trafford (57/62)
1972 Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1972 Katrina Powell, born in Canberra, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics
1972 Paul Michael Kent, Australia, NZ breastroker 1996 Olympics
1972 Richard MacQuire, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1972 Tony Lawson, NSA Australia, diver 1996 Olympics
1971 Mark Lathwell, cricketer, England opening batsman vs. Australia 1993
1971 Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1971 Dannii Minogue, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, sister of Kylie Minogue
1971 Ian Van Der Wal, Darwin Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1971 Kate Starre, born in Armadale, Australia, field hockey utility 1996 Olympics
1971 Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1971 Nicole Stevenson, born in Melbourne, Australia, backstroker, Oly-bronze-92, 96
1971 Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star
1971 Murray Hocking, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1971 Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1971 Cameron McFadzean, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1971 Stuart Appleby, Cohuna, Australia, Nike golfer, 1994 Victorian PGA
1971 Todd Woodbridge, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, '95 doubles Wimbledon
1971 Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star
1971 Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1971 Nova Peris, Darwin Australia, field hockey left halfback 1996 Olympics
1971 Brad Hogg, cricketer, WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia vs. India 1996
1971 John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
1971 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG
1970 Wendy Miles, Australia, golfer, 1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters
1970 Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1970 Intrepid (U.S.) beats Gretel II (Australia) in 22nd America's Cup
1970 Rebecca Joyce, Australia, rower 1996 Olympics
1970 Bill Halley and Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia
1970 Lisa Powell, born in Sydney, NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics
1970 Maureen Lee, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer
1970 Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1970 Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics
1970 Richard Fromberg, born in Australia, tennis star
1970 Jason Stoltenberg, born in Australia, tennis star
1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
1970 Kristine Radford, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Lyneham
1970 Graeme Pollock completes 274 vs. Australia at Durban
1970 Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher, New York Yankees
1970 Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban
1970 Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town
1970 Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1969 Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs. Australia at Calcutta
1969 Craig Jones, Nambour Australia, Canadian Tour golfer, NZ Open-1994
1969 Dave Nilsson, Brisbane Australia, catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
1969 Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia Kanpur
1969 Alison Peek, Australia, field hockey halfback/midfielder 1996 Olympics
1969 Scott Anthony Murray Nelson, Geelong Australia, NZ 20k walker 1996 Olympics
1969 Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star, 1995 Auckland
1969 Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34
1969 Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1969 Mark Allen, Australia, Australasia golfer
1969 Stephen Leaney, born in Australia, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Infinit TPC-7th
1969 Shannon Long, Gladstone Australia, playmate, Oct, 1988
1969 Mathew Pallister, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1968 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1)
1968 Wendy Doolan, Sydney Australia, LPGA golfer, 1991 British Amat Champ-2nd
1968 Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995
1968 Mardi Lunn, born in Liverpool, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1994 McDonald's-17th
1968 Australia all out for 78 vs. England at Lord's
1968 Kylie Minogue, Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Locomotion
1968 Lisa Campbell, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1968 Jo Angel, cricketer, big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-
1968 Andrew Trim, born in Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1968 Peter Blackburn, born in Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1968 POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1968 Russell Butler, born in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, diver, Olympics 28th-88, 96
1968 Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia
1968 Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer, 1991 Thailand Open
1967 Paul Lynch, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1967 Grant Leury, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1967 Intrepid (U.S.) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in 21st America's Cup
1967 Graeme Lloyd, born in Australia, pitcher, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers
1967 Andrew Zesers, cricketer, played for Australia in 1987 World Cup
1967 Jenny Byrne, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1984 Futures-Wyong-AUS
1967 Natalie Hunter, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1966 Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself," as "terribly obscene"
1966 Rhonda Cator, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1966 Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star
1966 Paul Stevenson, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
1966 Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia
1966 Karen Lunn, born in Cowra, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Women's British Open
1966 Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps
1965 Alison Munt, Cairns Australia, LPGA golfer, 1992 Jamie Farr-21st
1965 Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88
1965 Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star
1965 Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star, 1993 Wimbledon mixed
1965 John Frawley, Australia, tennis star
1965 Shelley Oates, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1965 Mark Waugh, cricketer, twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia
1965 Steve Waugh, cricketer, twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia
1965 Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon 1987
1965 Danielle Woodward, born in Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1965 Cameron Daddo, born in Melbourne, Australia, actor, Brian Petersen-Models Inc
1965 Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct
1964 Janet Soulsby, Corbridge Australia, golfer, Curtis Cup 1982
1964 Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer, S Aust State champ 1993/94
1964 Jackie Pereira, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey center and forward 1996 Olympics
1964 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut vs. Australia
1964 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
1964 Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist, Olympics-16-92, 96
1964 England all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw
1964 Phil Emery, cricketer, NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994
1964 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
1964 Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia
1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
1964 Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984
1964 Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne
1963 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2)
1963 U.S.S.R. orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia
1963 Steven David Rintoul, born in Bowral, Australia, PGA golfer, 1994 Buick-2nd
1963 Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson
1963 Elizabeth Smylie, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1987 Oklahoma City
1963 Ramon Andersson, born in Middle Swan Australia, canoeist, Olympics-br-92, 96
1963 Anne Minter, Australia, tennis star
1963 Jane Leary, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1992 Australian Amateur Champ
1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs. England
1963 Glenn Trimble, cricketer, son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986
1962 Nadeem Ghauri, cricketer, bowled in Test for Pak vs. Australia 1990
1962 Stephen John Elkington, Inverell Australia, PGA golfer, 1990 Kmart
1962 Karen Marsden, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey goalie 1996 Olympics
1962 Weatherly (U.S.) beats Gretel (Australia) in 19th running of America's Cup
1962 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (U.S. wins)
1962 Corinne Dibnah, born in Brisbane, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1988 British Open
1962 Sherrin Smyers, born in Newcastle, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Youngstown-11th
1962 Diane Pavich, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1993 T50 Alpine Aust Ladies
1962 Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics
1962 David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter, Triffids
1961 Robbie Kerr, cricketer, Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985
1961 Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star
1961 Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
1961 Viscount Dunrossil, Governor-General of Australia (1959-61), dies at 67
1960 Broderick Dyke, Australia, tennis star
1960 John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star
1960 John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star
1960 Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
1960 John Felton, Kyogle Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1960 Helen Hopkins, born in Donneybrook, Australia, golfer, Australian International 1983
1960 Glen Bishop, cricketer, S Aussie bat, 2 ODI's for Australia 1987
1960 Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor, INXS-Dogs in Space
1959 Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs. Australia at Kanpur
1959 Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1990 6th Vic Open
1959 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
1959 Australia and U.S.S.R. restore diplomatic relations
1959 Andrew Farriss, born in Australia, rock keyboardist, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt
1959 Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress, Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise
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 47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2)
1958 Lynda Lehmann, Karoonda Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1958 Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer, 1983 Victorian Amateur Champ
1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia
1958 Kirk Pengilly, born in Sydney, Australia, rocker, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt
1958 Wayne B. Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper, Australia
1957 David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist, Men At Work-Who Can it Be
1957 Wayne Desmond Grady, born in Brisbane, Australia, PGA golfer, 1990 PGA
1957 Garry Beers, born in Sydney, Australia, rocker, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt
1956 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
1956 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt
1956 1st Pakistan vs. Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Dianne Fromhottz, Balestrat Australia, tennis star
1956 Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match
1956 Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1956 Mark Evans, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC
1956 Paul Parker, cricketer, one Test England vs. Australia 1981
1955 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0)
1955 Jane Crafter, born in Perth, Australia, golfer, 1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams
1955 British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia
1955 Australia takes control of Cocos Islands
1955 Allan Border, cricket captain, Australia
1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever
1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia
1955 Ian Callen, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1978, six wickets
1955 Judy Davis, born in Perth, Australia, actress, Husbands and Wives
1955 Graham Porter, cricketer, 1 day International for Australia 1979
1955 Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion
1954 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2)
1954 Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey vs. Australia at Gabba
1954 Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star
1954 Vitas Gerulaitis, born in Brooklyn, New York, tennis star, Australia 1987
1954 Australia and U.S.S.R. break diplomatic relations
1953 Martin Kent, cricketer, Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981
1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia
1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia
1953 Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist, Men At Work
1953 Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 and 7-44) vs. Australia
1953 Jane Priest, born in Perth, Australia, Prince Charles' lover
1953 Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress, Rocky Horror
1952 Wendy Turnbell, Australia, tennis player, 1979,82 U.S. Opens Double
1952 1st British nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1952 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1952 Russell Hitchcock, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply
1952 Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38
1951 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
1951 West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket
1951 Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide
1951 Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer, LPGA Rookie of Year-1974
1951 Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS 77, STS 89/91
1951 Azmat Rana, cricketer, one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980
1951 Australia, NZ and U.S. sign ANZUS-pact
1951 U.S., Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty
1951 Raelene Boyle, born in Australia, sprinter, Oly-Silver-72
1951 David Ogilvie, cricketer, 5 Tests for Australia 1977-78
1951 Ralph Cooper, born in Australia, drummer, Air Supply-All Out of Love
1950 Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
1950 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
1950 Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply
1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
1949 Wally Edwards, cricketer, three Tests Australia vs. England 1974
1949 Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell
1949 David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply
1949 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1949 Rick Springfield, Australia, General Hospital, Jessie's Girl
1949 Fanny Ardant, born in Monte Carlo, actress, Australia, Confidentially Yours
1948 37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0)
1948 England all out for 52 vs. Australia at Cricket Oval
1948 Australia set 404 to win vs. England at Headingley
1948 Bradman scores 128 Australia vs. Surrey, 141 mins, 15 fours
1948 Bradman is out for a duck, but Australia win Test Cricket anyway
1948 Frank Estersmith, born in Australia, rocker, Air Supply
1948 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs. Essex, world record
1948 Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs. Western Australia
1948 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
1948 Australia all out 674 vs. India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)
1947 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1947 British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia
1947 Les Joslin, cricketer, Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2
1947 India cricket all out for 58 vs. Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2
1947 U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ and UK
1947 Brian Johnson, Australia, hard rocker, AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie
1947 Jeff Moss, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. Pakistan 1979
1947 Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist, Little River Band
1947 David Colley, cricketer, NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972
1947 Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player
1946 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
1946 Australia compile 645 vs. India at the Gabba (Bradman 187)
1946 Bradman scores 119 South Australia vs. Victoria, 183 mins, 8 fours
1946 Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer, 1980 World Champion
1946 Tristan Rogers, born in Australia, actor, Robert Scorpio-General Hospital
1946 Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
1946 1st Test Cricket between Australia and NZ
1945 Bryan Andrews, cricketer, NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74
1945 Farooq Hamid, cricketer, 1-107 in Test, Pakistan vs. Australia 1964
1944 Glenn Shorrock, born in Sydney, Australia, rock vocalist, Little River Band
1944 Ross Duncan, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. England 1971, 0-30
1944 Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond
1944 Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer, 1977 Heritage
1943 Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ
1943 Lana Cantrell, born in Sydney, Australia, singer, Those Were the Days
1943 John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71
1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win
1943 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down
1942 Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia
1942 Japan bombs Port Darwin, Australia
1942 Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam
1942 General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander
1942 General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia
1941 Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
1941 German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia
1941 Helen Reddy, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, I Am Woman
1941 John Williams, born in Melbourne Australia, guitarist, Acad Award
1941 Australia and Britain attack Tobruk Libya
1940 South Australia all out for 47 vs. NSW, O'Reilly 5-11
1940 Jack Thompson, [John Pain], Sydney Australia, actor, Breaker Morant
1940 Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
1940 Diana Trask, Australia, singer, Sing Along With Mitch
1940 Bryan Davis, cricketer, bro of Charlie WI batsman vs. Australia 1965
1940 Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA vs. West Australia
1940 Dennis Gamsy, cricketer, South African bat in 2 Tests vs. Australia 1970
1939 South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland
1939 Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 vs. Queensland
1939 Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service
1939 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2)
1939 George Lazenby, born in Goulburn, Australia, actor, OHMSS-James Bond
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa and Canada
1939 Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler, 1968 Olympics silver
1939 Germaine Greer, born in Melbourne, Australia, feminist/author, Female Eunich
1938 Tony White, cricketer, 2 Tests WI vs. Australia 1965
1938 England beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval
1938 England score 7-903 decl vs. Australia Hutton 364
1938 Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam
1938 Helen Caldicott, born in Melbourne, Australia, physician/anti-war activist
1938 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2)
1938 Robert Hughes, born in Australia, writer/critic, Barcelona
1938 Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia vs. Lancashire
1938 H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies
1938 England declare at 8 for 658 vs. Australia at Trent Bridge
1938 Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge
1938 Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash, Olympics gold 1956, 64
1938 Johnny Gleeson, cricketer, mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72
1938 Herb Elliott, born in Australia, 1500m runner 1960 Olympics gold
1938 Bradman scores 104* for South Australia vs. NSW at the SCG
1938 Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs. Qld (1st innings)
1937 Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia
1937 Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer, 1964 St. Petersburg Open
1937 Dawn Fraser, NSW Australia, 100m freestyle, Olympics gold 1956, 60, 64
1937 Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
1937 Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records
1937 John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold
1936 Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80
1936 Australia all out 58 vs. Eng Bradman out for a duck
1936 Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon-1964, 65, U.S. Open-61
1936 Keith Slater, cricketer, one Test for Australia 1958-59 series
1936 Henry Forster, cricket (Hants and Oxford U, Governor-General of Australia), dies
1935 Peter Allan, cricketer, 1 Test Australia vs. England 1965, 2-58 and 0-25
1935 Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia
1935 Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer, 1961 Milwaukee Open
1935 Pat Oliphant, Australia, cartoonist, 7 Pres: The Art of Oliphant
1935 Chris Burger, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1957-58
1935 Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support
1934 Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star, Wimbledon 1953, 56
1934 Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1956
1934 Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes
1934 Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia (7-61 and 8-43)
1934 Brian Barder, British high commissar, Australia
1934 Ron Taylor, born in Sydney, Australia, cinematographer, Those Amazing Animals
1934 Barry Humphries, Australia TV host, Dame Edna Everage
1934 Marlene Matthews, Australia, sprinter, Oly-2 bronze-1956
1933 Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1932 Bradman scores 167 for Australia vs. South Africa at the MCG
1931 Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG
1931 Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia
1931 Brit Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd
1931 Ashmore and Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia
1931 Rupert Murdoch, born in Australia, publisher, New York Post and CEO of FOX
1931 Barry Tuckwell, born in Melbourne, Australia, hornist, London Symph Orch 1955-68
1931 West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
1931 Bradman scores 223 Australia vs. WI, 297 mins, 26 fours
1930 Start of the 1st Australia vs. West Indies Test (at Adelaide)
1930 Paul Hogan, born in Australia, actor, Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack
1930 Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Aust Orch Sydney-1976
1930 Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test
1930 Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia vs. Hampshire, 240 mins, 26 fours
1930 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson)
1930 Bradman scores 252* Australia vs. Surrey, 290 mins, 29 fours
1930 Malcolm Fraser, PM of Australia, Liberal, 1975-83
1930 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
1930 Alan Oakman, cricketer, England batsman against Australia 1956
1929 Robert J L Hawke, Lab, PM Australia, 1983-91
1929 James H. Scullin forms Australia government
1929 John Rutherford, cricketer, one Test for Australia 1956
1929 Rod Taylor, Sydney Australia, actor, Bearcats, Time Machine
1928 2nd Test Cricket Australia vs. England starts with Bradman 12th man
1928 England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
1928 1st U.S. to Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
1928 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler)
1928 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
1927 Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia
1927 Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia
1926 Ronald Draper, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1949-50
1926 Keith Michell, Adelaide Australia, actor, 6 Wives of Henry VIII
1926 Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera
1926 Denis Atkinson, cricketer, WI all-rounder, 219 vs. Australia 1955
1926 Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor, El Cid, Ben-Hur
1924 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins
1924 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0)
1923 Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies
1923 18th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1923 U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup
1922 NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket
1921 Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1956
1921 Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England
1920 NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
1920 Leo McKern, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared
1919 Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London
1919 Keith Miller, cricketer, one of Australia's best ever all-rounders
1919 Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia
1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)
1918 Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor, Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera
1918 Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer, brother of Neil, Test for Australia
1918 Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River
1917 K M Rangnekar, cricketer, batted in 3 Tests India vs. Australia 1947-48
1917 Sidney Nolan, born in Australia, painter/illustrator, Ned Kelly
1916 Gough Whitlam, ALP, Australia, PM, 1972-75
1916 Len Hutton, cricketer, England opener, 364 vs. Australia The Oval 1938
1916 Morris L. West, born in Australia, novelist, Shoes of the Fisherman
1916 Don Tallon, cricketer, perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper
1915 Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
1914 U.S. beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
1914 Cec Burke, cricketer, NZ leg-spinner vs. Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2-30
1913 Coral Browne, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Margaret-Time Express
1912 Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer, Triad
1912 Donald McRae, cricketer, Test for NZ, the 1946 debacle vs Australia
1912 England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament
1912 Patrick White, Australia, novelist, Happy Valley, Nobel 1973
1911 Wilfred Burchett, Australia, communist/writer, Catapult to Freedom
1911 Hal Porter, Australia, writer, Tilted Cross, Paper Chase
1911 South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide
1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
1910 Laurie Nash, cricketer, Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia
1909 Robert Helpmann, born in Mt. Gambier, Australia, actor, Second Time Lucky
1909 Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor, Desert Rats
1909 Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano, Venus-Tannhauser
1908 Bill Hunt, cricketer, NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933
1908 Harold Holt, PM of Australia, 1966-67, ; supported U.S. in Vietnam
1908 William McMahon, PM of Australia, Liberal, 1971-72
1908 Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
1908 England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG
1907 George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut vs. Australia SCG
1907 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia
1904 Tim Wall, cricketer, 18 Tests for Australia 1928-34
1904 England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs. Australia
1904 England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68
1903 Reg Foster completes 287 England vs. Australia on Test Cricket debut
1903 Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier
1902 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia
1902 England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory
1902 Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia, 100 die
1902 Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
1902 Christina Stead, born in Australia, novelist, Man Who Loved Children
1902 Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji vs. Australia, at Old Trafford
1902 Australia won the one and only Test Cricket played at Sheffield
1902 Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever
1901 Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne
1901 NSW (918) defeat S Australia (157 and 156) by innings and 605
1901 NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes
1901 Australia declares independence from federation of U.K. colonies
1900 Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed
1900 Otto Nothling, cricketer, Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26
1900 Australia accepts its constitution
1899 Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng vs. Australia at Headingley
1898 Cyril Ritchard, Sydney Australia, actor, Peter Pan, Hans Brinker
1898 Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England
1897 Alan Kippax, cricketer, 22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat
1897 William Herald, Australia, swimmer, 1920 Olympics
1896 Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27
1895 Louise Granville, Sydney Australia, entertainer
1895 England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2
1895 J. T. Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 mins) England vs. Australia
1894 Day Six 1T Aus vs. Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166
1894 England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket
1893 Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba
1893 Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia, 1959-61
1893 Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia vs. England, Lord's
1893 Enid Bennett, Australia, silent film actress, Skippy, Hairpins
1893 Jack Durston, cricketer, England fast bowler against Australia 1921
1893 Arthur Carr, cricket capt, England vs. Australia 1926
1893 Cicely Courtneidge, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Double Exposure
1890 Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel
1890 Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67)
1890 1st NSW vs. South Australia 1st-class cricket game
1888 Ian Fleming, born in Melbourne, Australia, author, James Bond
1888 Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer, Million Dollar Mermaid
1887 Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor, White Sin
1886 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia
1884 C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer, 3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11
1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket"
1882 Harry Makepeace, cricketer, 4 Tests for England vs. Australia 1920-21
1882 C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia
1880 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, vs. Australia at The Oval
1879 Robert Greig, Australia, actor, Horse Feathers
1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route
1879 Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia
1877 Victor Trumper, cricketer, Australia batsman 1899-1912
1877 Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match
1877 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia vs. England at MCG
1875 N F Druce, cricketer, 5 Tests for England vs. Australia 1897-98
1874 Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia
1874 J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. Australia 1902
1870 Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist, Richard Mahoney
1865 CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
1864 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet, Waltzing Matilda
1863 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia
1859 George Giffen, cricketer, one of Australia's greatest all-rounders
1859 Ivo Bligh, cricketer, Lord Darnley England capt vs. Australia 1882-83
1856 Constitution of South Australia adopted
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