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