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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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