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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, Melbourne Aust, 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, Oly-bronze-92, 96

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 Aust 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, Melbourne Aust, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel

1950 Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply

1949 David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply

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, Melbourne, Florida, singer, Doors, is he really dead?

1941 Helen Reddy, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, I Am Woman

1941 John Williams, born in Melbourne Australia, guitarist, Acad Award

1939 Germaine Greer, born in Melbourne, Australia, feminist/author, Female Eunich

1938 Helen Caldicott, born in Melbourne, Australia, physician/anti-war activist

1935 Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support

1931 Barry Tuckwell, born in Melbourne, Australia, hornist, London Symph Orch 1955-68

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

1888 Ian Fleming, born in Melbourne, Australia, author, James Bond

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], Melbourne Aust, 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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