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 1996 Event Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs. Zim 1970 Birthday Chris Cairns, cricketer, son of Lance, New Zealand all-rounder 1965 Birthday Alison Munt, Cairns Australia, LPGA golfer, 1992 Jamie Farr-21st 1949 Birthday Lance Cairns, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand medium-pace bowler 1939 Birthday Earl Cairns, CEO, S G Warburg and Co 1908 Birthday Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer, Elegy
