2011 Event At the 2011 Melbourne Cup, the French-trained horse Dunaden wins the closest finish in the race's history 2009 Event Melbourne, Australia records highest-ever temperature, sparking the deadliest brushfires in Australian history 1989 Event "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne 1986 Event 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) 1985 Event Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle 1984 Birthday Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child 1983 Event 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) 1976 Birthday Matt Welsh, born in Melbourne, Australia, professional swimmer, backstroke and butterfly gold medalist at the World Championships in Shanghai, 2006 1976 Birthday Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Michelle Scerri, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1995 Tasmanian 1973 Birthday Mia Farrance, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Kimberly Davies, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Baywatch 1972 Birthday Andrew Bonhomme, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1972 Birthday Richard MacQuire, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Dannii Minogue, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, sister of Kylie Minogue 1971 Birthday Nicole Stevenson, born in Melbourne, Australia, backstroker, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Cameron McFadzean, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Richard Green, born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia, professional golfer, won 1997 Dubai Desert Classic, listed in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Rankings 1971 Birthday Linda Wild, Arlington Heights, Illinois, tennis star, 1993 Melbourne Open 1970 Event Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35 1970 Birthday Shane Heal, Box Hill Melbourne VIC Austral, basketball guard 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Maureen Lee, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer 1970 Birthday Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star, 1995 Auckland 1969 Event Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices U.S. destroyer "Frank E. Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) 1968 Birthday Eric Bana, born in Melbourne, Australia, actor, appeared on 'Tonight Live', 'Full Frontal' television shows, appeared in film, 'Munich', 'Lucky You', 'The Other Boleyn Girl' 1968 Birthday Kylie Minogue, Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Locomotion 1967 Birthday David Diaz, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1967 Birthday Grant Leury, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Natalie Hunter, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Tim Wakefield, Melbourne, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1965 Birthday Leigh Ann Mills, Melbourne, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1985 Mazda Champions 1965 Birthday Paul Moloney, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1965 Birthday Danielle Woodward, born in Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Cameron Daddo, born in Melbourne, Australia, actor, Brian Petersen-Models Inc 1964 Event Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne 1962 Birthday Diane Pavich, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1993 T50 Alpine Australia Ladies 1957 Birthday Michael Clayton, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1957 Birthday Jeff Senior, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1956 Event 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia 1956 Event 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne 1956 Birthday Mark Evans, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC 1954 Birthday George McArdle, rock bassist, Little River Band Melbourne 1953 Birthday Samantha Sang, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, pop genre, hit song at age 15 titled, 'You Made Me What I Am' 1952 Birthday Russell Hitchcock, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1950 Birthday Gillian Armstrong, born in Melbourne, Australia, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel 1950 Birthday Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1949 Birthday David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply 1948 Birthday Lin Onus, born in Melbourne, Australia, born William McLintock Onus, of Jiradjuri descent, artist, painter, sculptor, print maker, used Maningride rarrk cross-hatching-based painting style 1948 Birthday Bob Shearer, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1946 Event 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0) 1946 Birthday Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer, AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation 1943 Birthday Jim Morrison, born in Melbourne, Florida, singer, Doors 1943 Birthday Judith Durham, born Melbourne, Australia, Judith Mavis Cock, singer, jazz, lead vocalist for The Seekers, Australian popular folk music group 1941 Birthday Helen Reddy, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, I Am Woman 1941 Birthday John Williams, born in Melbourne, Australia, guitarist, Academy Award 1939 Birthday Germaine Greer, born in Melbourne, Australia, feminist/author, Female Eunich 1938 Birthday Helen Caldicott, born in Melbourne, Australia, physician/anti-war activist 1938 Birthday Carmen Callil, born in Melbourne, Australia, publisher, author, founder, Virago Press, publisher of Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press 1935 Birthday Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support 1931 Birthday Barry Tuckwell, born in Melbourne, Australia, hornist, London Symphony Orchestra 1955 - 1968 1927 Event Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia 1926 Birthday Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor, El Cid, Ben-Hur 1913 Birthday Coral Browne, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Margaret-Time Express 1912 Birthday Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer, Triad 1907 Birthday Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor, Melbourne 1967-71 1901 Birthday Robert Allenby, born in Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1901 Event Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne 1889 Birthday Snub Pollard, Melbourne Australi, actor, Don't Shove, Arizona Days 1886 Event Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia 1882 Birthday Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs 1865 Event CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia 1858 Birthday May Robson, Mary J Robison, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Apple Annie 1856 Event James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne 1856 Event NSW's 1st 1st-class game, vs. Victoria at Melbourne NSW won 1848 Death William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister (1834..41), dies at 69 1848 Death William Lamb Melbourne, British Politician 1835 Event William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Government 1779 Birthday William Lamb, Whig, Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister, 1834, 1835-41 1779 Birthday William Lamb Melbourne, British Politician
