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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