1993 Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 vs. NZ, Hobart)
1989 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)
1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks
1974 Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star, 1996 Hobart
1973 Scott Goodman, Hobart Tasmania Aus, 200m butterfly swimmer, Oly-br-96
1973 Toby Haenen, Hobart Tasmania Aus, backstroke swimmer 1996 Olympics
1972 Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star, 1996 final Hobart
1971 Yone Kamio, Yokohama Japan, tennis star, 1995 semi-finalist Hobart
1970 Yayuk Basuki, Yogyakarta Indonesia, tennis star, 1996 Hobart doubles
1968 Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star, 1995 Hobart
1943 Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76
1937 Paula Wayne, Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist, Everything's Great
1933 Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria vs. Tasmania at Hobart
1931 Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria vs. Tas at Hobart
1930 Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500
1909 Errol Flynn, born in Hobart, Tasmania, actor, Captain Blood, Robin Hood
1899 Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
1891 11th U.S. Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)
1887 Hobart Cavanaugh, U.S., actor, Border Town, Black Angel
1867 Hobart Bosworth, born in Marietta, Ohio, actor, Woman of Affairs, Big Parade
1855 Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer, Barbados parents only black Aus player
1844 Garret Augustus Hobart, R, 24th U.S. VP, 1897-99
1823 John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1903
1814 Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist
1804 Hobart Tasmania founded
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