2003 Sydney Omarr, astrologer, dies at 76
2000 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched)
1997 Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International
1996 Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81
1996 Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81
1995 Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner, dies at 79
1995 1st 1st-class match at Hurstville Oval, Sydney (NSW vs. W Prov)
1995 Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin, dies at 89
1995 Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80
1994 Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46)
1994 John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55
1994 South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
1993 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time
1992 Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney
1992 Test debut of Shane Warne, vs. India at Sydney
1990 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo
1990 "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV
1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney
1988 Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone
1988 Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone
1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney
1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney
1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
1983 Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76
1979 Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63
1977 Trent Steed, Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1977 Stacey Gartrell, born in Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m)
1976 Yanda Nossiter, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1976 Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1976 Steven Dewick, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1975 Nadine Neumann, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1975 Scott Miller, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver
1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House
1973 Alyson Annan, born in Sydney, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1973 Emma Johnson, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1972 Chris Fydler, Sydney NSW NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1971 Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1971 Sydney Penny, actress, Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children
1971 Todd Woodbridge, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, '95 doubles Wimbledon
1971 Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star
1970 Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1970 Lisa Powell, born in Sydney, NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics
1970 Kristine Radford, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Lyneham
1969 Joanne Mills, Sydney Aust, golfer, T25 Holden 1994 Women's Aust Open
1969 Lucas Parsons, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1969 Matthew Perry, Williamstown Massachusetts, actor, Sydney, Chandler-Friends
1969 Mathew Pallister, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1968 Wendy Doolan, Sydney Australia, LPGA golfer, 1991 British Amat Champ-2nd
1968 Andrew Trim, born in Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1968 Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73
1968 Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer, 1991 Thailand Open
1967 Paul Lynch, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1966 Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48
1965 David Ecob, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1965 Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88
1965 Shelley Oates, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1964 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
1964 Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist, Olympics-16-92, 96
1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
1964 Elle MacPherson, born in Sydney, Austrailia, model, SI, actress, Sirens
1964 Jeffrey Wagner, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1963 Jane Leary, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1992 Australian Amateur Champ
1962 Robert Willis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1962 Wayne Riley, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1962 Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics
1961 Russell Swanson, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1961 Sydney Walsh, actress, Mo-Hooperman
1960 Valerie Bertinelli, 1 Day at a Time, Sydney, Ms. Eddie Van Halen
1959 Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1990 6th Vic Open
1959 Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader, SACP
1959 Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1958 Kirk Pengilly, born in Sydney, Australia, rocker, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt
1957 Garry Beers, born in Sydney, Australia, rocker, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt
1954 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2)
1954 Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
1954 Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
1953 Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress, Rocky Horror
1952 Sydney Biddle Barrow, madam/autohr, Mayflower Madam
1952 Sydney Biddle Barrows, American Celebrity
1951 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
1951 Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer, LPGA Rookie of Year-1974
1951 Rodger Davis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1949 Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell
1947 Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies
1947 Bryan Brown, born in Sydney, actor, F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan
1945 Terry Anderson, born in Sydney NSW Aust, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96
1944 Peter Weir, Sydney Aust, director and writer, Witness, Dead Poets Society
1944 Glenn Shorrock, born in Sydney, Australia, rock vocalist, Little River Band
1943 Lana Cantrell, born in Sydney, Australia, singer, Those Were the Days
1940 Jack Thompson, [John Pain], Sydney Australia, actor, Breaker Morant
1938 Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59
1935 Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer, 1961 Milwaukee Open
1934 Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1956
1934 Sydney Pollack, born in Lafayette, director, Tootsie, Presumed Innocent
1934 Sydney Burke, cricketer, South Africa quick, 11 wkts on Test debut vs. NZ 1961
1934 Ron Taylor, born in Sydney, Australia, cinematographer, Those Amazing Animals
1934 Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer
1931 Sydney Lipworth, CEO, Monopolies and Mergers Commission
1930 Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Aust Orch Sydney-1976
1929 Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964
1929 Rod Taylor, Sydney Australia, actor, Bearcats, Time Machine
1927 Sydney Brenner, British Scientist
1926 Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera
1926 Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/actor, Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters
1923 Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], U.S., dramatist, Marty, Hospital
1920 Leo McKern, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared
1918 Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor, Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera
1918 Sydney Chatton, England
1918 Jorn Utzon, Danish architect, Sydney Opera House
1916 Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner
1916 Sydney Tafler, born in London, England, actor, Too Many Crooks
1915 Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in New York City
1914 Sydney Wooderson, miler, world record 1937
1914 Sydney Thompson, rock climber
1914 Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher
1913 Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games
1909 British SS Waratah disappears on Sydney to London, 300 killed
1909 Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia
1905 Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin
1904 John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island
1902 G O "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, in Sydney England non-bodyline quickie
1900 Sydney Arnold, English comic/actor, Miss Jones and Son
1898 Cyril Ritchard, Sydney Australia, actor, Peter Pan, Hans Brinker
1895 Louise Granville, Sydney Australia, entertainer
1894 Basil Sydney, born in England, actor, Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife
1893 Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba
1893 Cicely Courtneidge, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Double Exposure
1890 Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel
1889 Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49
1888 Sydney Horler, English detective writer
1888 Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer, Million Dollar Mermaid
1885 George Cleveland, Sydney Nova Scotia, actor, Courage of Lassie
1885 Sydney Chaplin, born in South Africa, actor, Limelight
1883 England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test
1882 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
1879 Sydney Greenstreet, born in Sandwich, England, actor, Maltese Falcon
1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route
1879 Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia
1879 Sydney Baynes, composer
1874 Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia
1874 Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies
1873 Sydney Barnes, cricketer, probably England's greatest bowler
1866 Gold coins from the Sydney Mint become legal tender in Canada
1862 Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62
1859 Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter
1857 1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW vs. Vic at The Domain
1839 Edward Sydney Smith, composer
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia
1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from NZ to Sydney
1824 Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, Roman
1800 Sydney Nelson, composer
1788 Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists
1788 Capt Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW
1771 Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author
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