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2013 Event - Australia swears in Denis Napthine as the Premier of Victoria, replacing Ted Baillieu

2013 Event - At the 2013 Australian Open, tennis pro Victoria Azarenka wins the women's singles event, after winning three sets in the final against Li Na

2012 Event - United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II attends a meeting of the Cabinet for the first time, receiving a gift honoring her Diamond Jubilee; this was first time a Cabinet meeting was attended by a British monarch since the reign of Queen Victoria

2011 Event - Australia's enormous flood effects 13,000 properties in rural Victoria

1998 Event - Spice Girl Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, and soccer David Beckham gets engaged

1997 Event - "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 738 performances

1995 Event - Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria

1995 Event - "Victor/Victoria," opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 738 performances

1995 Event - Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria vs. South Australia

1994 Event - Billionaire J Paul Getty, Jr. marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados

1992 Event - Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)

1992 Death - Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52

1991 Event - Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final

1990 Event - In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal

1988 Death - Victoria Shaw, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Westworld), dies

1987 Death - Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off

1987 Event - WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria

1983 Birthday - Kim Smith, born in Houston, Texas, model, featured in Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Guess ad campaigns, appeared in 'Girls of Summer' Aerosmith video

1982 Event - David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 minutes, SA vs. Victoria

1981 Birthday - Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1980 Event - "Onward Victoria" opens/closes at Martin Beck New York City for 1 performance

1980 Event - Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, NSW vs. Victoria

1978 Birthday - Estella Warren, born in Peterborough, Canada, actress, fashion model, Maxim Magazine's Hottest Woman 2000, Victoria's Secret model

1978 Birthday - Nelly Furtado, born in Victoria, Canada, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning song, 'I'm Like a Bird', sold over 20 million albums worldwide

1977 Birthday - Joanna Hughes, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1977 Birthday - Victoria Ingrid Alicea Desiree, Princess heir apparent of Sweden

1976 Birthday - Lia Victoria Borrero, Miss Panama Universe 1997

1975 Birthday - Heather Tom, Hinsdale, Illinois, actress, Victoria Howard-Young and Restless

1975 Birthday - Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist, Spice Girls

1975 Event - "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances

1975 Event - "Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 18 performances

1974 Birthday - Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1974 Birthday - Brad Williams, cricketer, Victoria and Young Australia fast bowler

1974 Birthday - Victoria Silverstedt, Skelleftehamn Sweden, playmate, Dec, 1996

1974 Birthday - Adam Parfitt, born in Victoria BC, rower 1996 Olympics

1974 Birthday - Victoria Beckham, English Musician

1973 Birthday - Ismael Valdes, born in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1973 Birthday - Heidi Klum, born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, model, Victoria's Secret 'Angel', television host, fashion designer, television producer 'Project Runway'

1973 Birthday - Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Victoria Nika Zdrok, born in Kiev, Ukraine, playmate October, 1994

1972 Birthday - Paul Penny, Victoria BC, golfer, Edmonton City Amat-1993, 94

1972 Birthday - Victoria Keil, Miss Universe-Cook Islands 1996

1972 Birthday - Victoria Lagerstrom, Miss Sweden Universe 1997

1972 Birthday - Darryl Yung, Victoria BC, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Murray Hocking, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

1970 Birthday - Victoria Fuller, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, Jan, 1996

1970 Birthday - Rob Olson, Victoria BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Newlands Open

1970 Birthday - Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Andreas Hestler, Victoria BC, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1969 Event - KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast

1969 Birthday - Helen Kelesi, born in Victoria, Canada, professional tennis player, dubbed 'Hurricane Helen', ranked 13th in the World, November 1989

1969 Birthday - Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress, Shannon-Santa Barbara

1969 Death - Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81

1969 Birthday - Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America 1991

1968 Birthday - Darren Barber, Victoria BC, rower 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Lisa Campbell, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Russell Butler, born in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, diver, Olympics 28th-88, 96

1967 Birthday - Frederique [Van derWal], Netherlands, model, Victoria Secrets

1967 Birthday - Neil Maxwell, cricketer, all-rounder for Fiji 1990, Victoria and NSW

1966 Birthday - Craig David Parry, Sunshine Victoria, PGA golfer, 1994 Honda-2nd

1966 Birthday - Paul Stevenson, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Ron Gant, Victoria, Texas, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

1965 Birthday - Joe Reekie, Victoria, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals

1964 Birthday - Lauren Cowan, born in Benalla, Victoria, golfer, 1994 66th English Womens Open

1964 Birthday - Paul Nobes, cricketer, prolific opening batsman for Victoria and SA

1964 Birthday - Jill Goodacre Connick, Lubbock, Texas, model, Victoria Secrets

1964 Birthday - Victoria Sellers, born in London, England, actress, Crime Zone, Warlords

1963 Birthday - Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson

1962 Birthday - Victoria Gotti, American Celebrity

1962 Birthday - Doug Drabek, Victoria, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, New York Yankees

1961 Birthday - Paul Jackson, cricketer, slow lefty bowler for Victoria and Queensland

1960 Birthday - Victoria Rowell, Portland, Maine, actress, Drucilla-Young and Restless

1959 Birthday - Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Indian Open

1959 Birthday - Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, actress, Casual Sex, SNL, UHF

1959 Birthday - Victoria Abril, born in Madrid, Spain, actress, Libertarias

1959 Birthday - Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, comedian, SNL, Casual Sex

1957 Birthday - Victoria E Cooke, born in Hollywood, California, playmate, Aug, 1980

1955 Birthday - Tony Allcock, born in Leicestershire, England, bowler, two-time world outdoor singles champion, 1992, 1996, world singles champion 1986, 1987, 2002, won silver medal in men's singles event at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada

1953 Event - "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die

1952 Birthday - Warren Cann, Victoria Canada, rock drummer, Ultravox

1950 Birthday - Victoria Racimo, New York City, actress, Corene-Falcon Crest

1950 Birthday - Victoria Tennant, born in London, England, All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War

1950 Birthday - David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful

1948 Birthday - Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player

1947 Event - Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA vs. Victoria

1946 Event - Bradman scores 119 South Australia vs. Victoria, 183 minutes, 8 fours

1945 Death - Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle

1945 Death - Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19

1945 Birthday - Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress, Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas

1944 Birthday - Angela Dorian, Victoria Vetri, SF, playmate, Sep 1967, Year-1968

1944 Death - John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem

1941 Death - Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies

1940 Event - Bradman out 1st ball for SA vs. Victoria before 6213

1939 Event - Bradman scores 107 SA vs. Victoria, his 4th consecutive century

1937 Birthday - Victoria Glendinning, author, Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions

1936 Event - Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season

1935 Birthday - Roy Strong, writer/art historian/director, Victoria and Albert Museum

1934 Event - Bradman scores 128 NSW vs. Victoria, 96 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes

1933 Event - Jack Badcock scores 274 vs. Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton

1933 Event - Bradman scores 187* NSW vs. Victoria, 294 minutes, 13 fours

1933 Event - Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria vs. Tasmania at Hobart

1932 Event - Queensland all out 74 vs. Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13

1932 Event - Bradman scores 238 NSW vs. Victoria, 200 minutes, 32 fours

1932 Birthday - Sylvia Plath, Victoria Lucas, U.S., poet, Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar

1932 Event - Bradman scores 167 NSW vs. Victoria, 224 minutes, 22 fours

1931 Event - Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat NSW

1931 Event - Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria vs. Tas at Hobart

1931 Event - Operetta "Victoria and Her Husband," premieres in London

1931 Event - Bradman scores 220 NSW vs. Victoria, 308 minutes, 13 fours

1929 Birthday - Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen

1929 Event - Bradman scores 340* for NSW vs. Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours

1927 Event - Victoria score 793 against Queensland, Bill Ponsford 437

1926 Event - Victoria (1107) beat NSW (221 and 230) by an innings 656 runs

1926 Event - Victoria all out for 1107 against NSW at the MCG Crowd 22,348

1926 Event - Stanley Cup: Montl Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1

1925 Event - NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701

1925 Event - Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against New Zealand

1924 Birthday - Victoria Draves, U.S., platform/springboard diver 1948 Olympics gold

1924 Birthday - Victoria de los Angeles, Spain, soprano, Mimi-La Boheme

1921 Event - Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria

1921 Death - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies

1918 Death - Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies

1912 Event - 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria)

1911 Event - National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria

1909 Event - Victoria and Albert Museum opens in London

1906 Event - Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid

1906 Death - Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid

1905 Event - NSW all out for 805 vs Victoria, win by innings and 253

1905 Event - M A Noble scores 281 (369 minutes, 21 fours) NSW vs. Victoria

1902 Event - Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria

1901 Death - Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60

1901 Event - After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series

1901 Death - Victoria, Alexandrine, Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81

1900 Event - Queen Victoria disbands British parliament

1900 Birthday - Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author, La victoria no viene sola

1899 Event - Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid England

1899 Event - Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid

1896 Event - Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27

1896 Event - Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory

1896 Death - Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37

1895 Event - Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years

1893 Event - British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary)

1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria)

1889 Event - Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia

1889 Birthday - Pearl White, Victoria, U.S. actress/stunt woman, Perils of Pauline

1889 Event - Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76)

1888 Event - Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British

1888 Event - Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria

1887 Birthday - Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso

1887 Event - Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria

1886 Event - Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia

1886 Event - Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award

1885 Birthday - John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM, Labor, 1941-45

1882 Event - Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo

1882 Birthday - Edgar Mayne, cricketer, Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria

1882 Event - Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria

1881 Event - Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die

1881 Event - River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die

1879 Birthday - Norman Lindsay, Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist

1877 Event - England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India

1876 Death - Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old

1876 Birthday - Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria

1874 Event - Victoria Embankment, in London opens

1872 Event - Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for U.S. president

1871 Death - Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old

1871 Birthday - Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria

1871 Event - Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London

1870 Event - Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for U.S. president

1867 Event - Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria

1867 Event - Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel

1867 Death - Mary, Victoria MALOPCA of Teck, queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85

1866 Event - Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria

1865 Birthday - Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright, Victoria Regina

1861 Death - Albert, prince consort of England/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42

1861 Birthday - Victoria E Matthews, educator

1861 Event - Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality

1858 Birthday - Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria

1858 Event - Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan

1858 Event - Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia

1857 Event - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada

1857 Event - 62 receive Victoria Cross

1856 Event - NSW's 1st 1st-class game, vs. Victoria at Melbourne NSW won

1856 Event - Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery

1842 Event - John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria

1840 Birthday - Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia

1840 Event - British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg

1838 Event - Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey

1837 Event - Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace

1837 Event - England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria

1837 Event - Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901

1819 Birthday - Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria

1819 Birthday - Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837 - 1901

1783 Birthday - Thomas Sully, U.S. portrait painter, Queen Victoria

1611 Death - Tomas L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies

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