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2012 Event - Australia's Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after the Warragamba Dam overflows, causing evacuations in the Sydney suburbs Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point

2011 Event - The New South Wales boat 'Loki' is proclaimed the winner of the 2011 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

2011 Event - At its conference in Sydney, Australia's Labor Party turns to support gay marriage, laying the groundwork for legislation

2011 Event - Pro- and anti-carbon tax rallies are attended by thousands in Sydney, Australia

2008 Death - Sydney Pollack, dies in California, of stomach cancer, at 73

2003 Death - Sydney Omarr, astrologer, dies at 76

2000 Event - 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched)

1997 Event - Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International

1996 Death - Edmund Happold, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House, dies at 65

1996 Death - Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81

1996 Death - Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81

1995 Death - Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner, dies at 79

1995 Event - 1st 1st-class match at Hurstville Oval, Sydney (NSW vs. W Prov)

1995 Death - Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin, dies at 89

1995 Death - Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80

1994 Event - Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46)

1994 Death - John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55

1994 Event - South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs

1993 Event - Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time

1992 Event - Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney

1992 Event - Test debut of Shane Warne, vs. India at Sydney

1990 Event - 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo

1990 Event - "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV

1989 Event - Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney

1988 Event - Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone

1988 Event - Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone

1988 Event - David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney

1988 Event - Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor

1987 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney

1986 Death - Sydney J. Harris, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma', dies in Chicago, Illinois

1984 Event - Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney, Australia

1983 Death - Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76

1982 Birthday - Ian Thorpe, born in Sydney, New South Wales, professional swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, won 11 World Championship gold medals, nicknamed, 'Torpedo'

1979 Death - Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63

1977 Birthday - Trent Steed, Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1977 Birthday - Stacey Gartrell, born in Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1976 Event - Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m)

1976 Birthday - Yanda Nossiter, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1976 Birthday - Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1976 Birthday - Steven Dewick, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Nadine Neumann, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Scott Miller, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver

1973 Event - Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House

1973 Birthday - Alyson Annan, born in Sydney, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Emma Johnson, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Chris Fydler, Sydney NSW NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Sydney Penny, actress, Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children

1971 Birthday - Todd Woodbridge, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, '95 doubles Wimbledon

1971 Birthday - Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Peta Wilson, born in Sydney, Australia, model, actress, appeared in films, 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' and 'Superman Returns'

1970 Birthday - Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Lisa Powell, born in Sydney, NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Kristine Radford, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Lyneham

1969 Birthday - Joanne Mills, born in Sydney, Australia, golfer, T25 Holden 1994 Women's Australia Open

1969 Birthday - Lucas Parsons, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

1969 Birthday - Mathew Pallister, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Wendy Doolan, Sydney Australia, LPGA golfer, 1991 British Amat Champ-2nd

1968 Birthday - Hugh Jackman, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, producer, movies include 'Kate & Leopold', 'The Prestige', 'X-Men', named 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People magazine

1968 Birthday - Andrew Trim, born in Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1968 Death - Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73

1968 Birthday - Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer, 1991 Thailand Open

1967 Birthday - Paul Lynch, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1966 Death - Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48

1965 Birthday - David Ecob, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

1965 Birthday - Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88

1965 Birthday - Shelley Oates, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1964 Event - Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission

1964 Birthday - Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist, Olympics-16-92, 96

1964 Event - Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts

1964 Birthday - Elle MacPherson, born in Sydney, Austrailia, model, SI, actress, Sirens

1964 Birthday - Jeffrey Wagner, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

1963 Birthday - Jane Leary, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1992 Australian Amateur Champ

1962 Birthday - Robert Willis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

1962 Birthday - Wayne Riley, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

1962 Birthday - Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Russell Swanson, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

1961 Birthday - Sydney Walsh, actress, Mo-Hooperman

1960 Birthday - Valerie Bertinelli, 1 Day at a Time, Sydney, Ms. Eddie Van Halen

1959 Birthday - Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1990 6th Vic Open

1959 Birthday - Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader, SACP

1959 Birthday - Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

1958 Birthday - Kirk Pengilly, born in Sydney, Australia, rocker, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt

1957 Birthday - Garry Beers, born in Sydney, Australia, rocker, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt

1954 Event - 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2)

1954 Death - Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Maltese Falcon), dies at 74

1954 Death - Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74

1953 Birthday - Nell Campbell, Laura, Sydney Australia, actress, Rocky Horror

1952 Birthday - Sydney Biddle Barrow, madam/autohr, Mayflower Madam

1952 Birthday - Sydney Biddle Barrows, American Celebrity

1951 Event - 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)

1951 Birthday - Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer, LPGA Rookie of Year-1974

1951 Birthday - Rodger Davis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer

1949 Birthday - Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell

1947 Death - Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies

1947 Birthday - Bryan Brown, born in Sydney, actor, F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan

1946 Birthday - Anne Boyd, born in Sydney, New South Wales, composer, professor of composition at the University of Sydney, recipient, Order of Australia, for contributions to music

1945 Birthday - Terry Anderson, born in Sydney, Australia, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96

1944 Death - Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia, dies at 51

1944 Birthday - Peter Weir, born in Sydney, Australia, director and writer, Witness, Dead Poets Society

1944 Birthday - Glenn Shorrock, born in Sydney, Australia, rock vocalist, Little River Band

1943 Birthday - Lana Cantrell, born in Sydney, Australia, singer, Those Were the Days

1940 Birthday - Jack Thompson, John Pain, Sydney Australia, actor, Breaker Morant

1938 Death - Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59

1935 Birthday - Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer, 1961 Milwaukee Open

1934 Birthday - Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1956

1934 Birthday - Sydney Pollack, born in Indiana, American film director, producer, actor in over 30 films

1934 Birthday - Sydney Burke, cricketer, South Africa quick, 11 wkts on Test debut vs. New Zealand 1961

1934 Birthday - Ron Taylor, born in Sydney, Australia, cinematographer, Those Amazing Animals

1934 Birthday - Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer

1931 Birthday - Sydney Lipworth, CEO, Monopolies and Mergers Commission

1930 Birthday - Edmund Happold, born in England, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House

1930 Birthday - Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Australia Orchestra Sydney 1976

1929 Birthday - Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964

1929 Birthday - Rod Taylor, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Bearcats, Time Machine

1927 Birthday - Sydney Brenner, British Scientist

1926 Birthday - Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera

1926 Birthday - Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/actor, Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters

1923 Birthday - Paddy Chayevsky, Sydney, U.S., dramatist, Marty, Hospital

1920 Birthday - Leo McKern, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared

1919 Birthday - Ike Isaacs, born in Rangoon, Burma, guitarist, played jazz, known for work with Stephane Grappelli, played with Denny Wright in group Velvet in 1970's, taught at the Sydney Guitar School

1918 Birthday - Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor, Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera

1918 Birthday - Sydney Chatton, England

1918 Birthday - Jorn Utzon, Danish architect, Sydney Opera House

1917 Birthday - Sydney J. Harris, born in London, England, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma'

1916 Birthday - Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner

1916 Birthday - Sydney Tafler, born in London, England, actor, Too Many Crooks

1915 Event - Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in New York City

1914 Birthday - Sydney Wooderson, miler, world record 1937

1914 Birthday - Sydney Thompson, rock climber

1914 Birthday - Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher

1913 Event - Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games

1909 Event - British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed

1909 Birthday - Alan Marshal, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia

1905 Birthday - Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin

1904 Birthday - John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree

1904 Birthday - John Farrow, born in Sydney, Australia, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island

1902 Birthday - G O "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, in Sydney England non-bodyline quickie

1900 Birthday - Sydney Arnold, English comic/actor, Miss Jones and Son

1898 Birthday - Cyril Ritchard, Sydney Australia, actor, Peter Pan, Hans Brinker

1895 Birthday - Louise Granville, Sydney Australia, entertainer

1894 Birthday - Basil Sydney, born in England, actor, Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife

1893 Birthday - Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba

1893 Birthday - Cicely Courtneidge, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Double Exposure

1891 Birthday - Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia

1890 Birthday - Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel

1889 Death - Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49

1888 Birthday - Sydney Horler, English detective writer

1888 Birthday - Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer, Million Dollar Mermaid

1885 Birthday - George Cleveland, Sydney Nova Scotia, actor, Courage of Lassie

1885 Birthday - Sydney Chaplin, born in South Africa, actor, Limelight

1883 Event - England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test

1882 Event - 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground

1879 Birthday - Sydney Greenstreet, born in Sandwich, England, actor, Maltese Falcon

1879 Event - Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route

1879 Event - Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia

1879 Birthday - Sydney Baynes, composer

1874 Event - Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia

1874 Death - Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies

1873 Birthday - Sydney Barnes, cricketer, probably England's greatest bowler

1866 Event - Gold coins from the Sydney Mint become legal tender in Canada

1862 Death - Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62

1859 Birthday - Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter

1857 Event - 1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW vs. Vic at The Domain

1839 Birthday - Edward Sydney Smith, composer

1836 Event - HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Sydney, Australia

1835 Event - HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sail from New Zealand to Sydney

1824 Birthday - Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, Roman

1800 Birthday - Sydney Nelson, composer

1788 Event - Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists

1788 Event - Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW

1771 Birthday - Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author













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