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2012 Event - For the second time in four months, New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volano erupts; the volcano is located on the country's North Island

2012 Event - After a century of silence, Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupts, spreading volcanic ash across the country's central North Island and affecting airports

2012 Event - New Zealand sustains a major earthquake, with minor damage reported

2012 Event - The U.S. requests New Zealand extradite Kim Dotcom and three of his MegaUpload associates, forcing them to face charges for breaching copyright

2012 Event - In New Zealand's city of Christchurch, thousands of people commemorate the first anniversary of the earthquake where 185 people died last year

2012 Event - Eleven people are killed when their hot air balloon collides with a power line and crashes near Carterton, New Zealand

2011 Event - In Auckland, New Zealand, France defeats Wales 9-8 in the 2011 Rugby World Cup

2011 Event - Over 88 containers from the MV Rena, New Zealand's stranded cargo ship, fall into the Bay of Plenty

2011 Event - The oil spill from MV Rena, the ship stranded off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, becomes the country's worst environmental disaster

2011 Event - Off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, the MV Rena container ship runs aground, causing a large oil spill and affecting wildlife in the Bay of Plenty

2011 Event - The 2011 Rugby World Cup begins in New Zealand

2011 Event - Snow on New Zealand's North and South Islands disrupts power supplies, causes road closures and closure of the Wellington International Airport

2011 Event - New Zealand's City Council in Christchurch announce plans to rebuild their central business district after an earthquake devastated the area

2011 Event - New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest

2011 Event - As the Australian dollar falls below parity, Australian and New Zealand dollars continue to fall as investors seek security

2011 Event - Aftershocks from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand, leaving tens of thousands without power

2011 Event - New Zealand honors victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake with two minutes of silence; 154 persons died, and the death toll is expected to reach 240

2010 Event - In New Zealand, 100,000 people are left without water after a large storm; the storm took the roof off of Stadium Southland in Invercargill

2010 Event - The 2010 Canterbury earthquake leads the town of Christchurch, New Zealand, to declare a curfew and state of emergency

2009 Event - The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index reports declares Somalia the most corrupt, New Zealand is least corrupt, among 180 countries

1996 Event - Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan vs. New Zealand Lahore

1996 Event - Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs New Zealand at Port-Of-Spain

1996 Event - Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs. Australia, World Cup

1996 Event - Mark Waugh scores 110 vs. New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup

1996 Event - 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47

1996 Event - Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs. Zim

1995 Event - New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs vs. India in Nagpur ODI

1995 Death - Wallace Edward Rowling, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1974 - 1975, dies at 68

1995 Event - Mount Ruapehu Volcano, North Island, New Zealand erupts

1995 Death - Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for New Zealand vs. Australia 1946), dies

1995 Event - New Zealand beats U.S. for the America's Cup

1995 Event - West Indies beat New Zealand by innings and 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55

1995 Event - West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand

1994 Death - Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48

1993 Event - Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 vs. New Zealand, Hobart)

1993 Event - Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. New Zealand

1992 Event - Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v New Zealand by 9 wkts)

1992 Death - Robert Muldoon, premier New Zealand (1975-84)/President IMF, dies

1992 Event - Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul New Zealand in exciting World Cup semi

1991 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland New Zealand

1991 Event - Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. New Zealand (119 and 102)

1991 Event - Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs New Zealand at Hamilton

1991 Event - Aravinda De Silva scores 267 vs. New Zealand at Wellington

1991 Event - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup

1990 Event - Pakistan make 3-0 drubbing of New Zealand, Waqar Younis 29 series wkts

1990 Event - Ian Smith 173* New Zealand vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat

1990 Event - 1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps

1989 Event - David Boon scores 200 vs. New Zealand at cricket WACA

1989 Event - Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran)

1989 Event - New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from New Zealand)

1989 Event - New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules

1989 Event - New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court

1989 Event - Javed Miandad scores 271 vs. New Zealand at Eden Park

1989 Event - Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. New Zealand age 16 years 189 days

1989 Event - Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs. Pak, washed out

1988 Event - South Korean coaches attack New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in

1988 Event - U.S. swamps New Zealand at 27th America's Cup: New Zealand set to appeal

1988 Event - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup

1987 Event - Australia hang on for draw vs. New Zealand at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short

1987 Death - Rewi Alley, New Zealand author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing

1987 Event - Allan Border scores 205 vs. New Zealand to become Australia's top rungetter

1987 Event - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 vs. New Zealand at Brisbane

1987 Event - Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it

1987 Event - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand )

1987 Event - New Zealand beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket

1986 Event - Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v New Zealand, The Oval)

1986 Event - U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack

1986 Event - Border completes twin Test tons (140 and 114*) vs. New Zealand

1985 Event - French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near New Zealand

1985 Event - Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins

1985 Event - Naval exercises canceled when U.S. refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons

1985 Event - Test debut of Wasim Akram, vs. New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)

1984 Event - Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, vs. New Zealand, Hyderabad

1984 Event - Limited-over International cricket debut for Wasim Akram, vs. New Zealand

1984 Event - 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28

1984 Event - New Zealand beat England (82 and 93) by an innings in 3 days

1983 Event - New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England

1983 Event - Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, of New Zealand, crowned 32nd Miss Universe

1983 Event - Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup

1982 Death - Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer/producer, dies at 82

1981 Event - 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46

1981 Event - Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup

1980 Birthday - Sarah Louise Catherwood, Christchurch New Zealand, 4x200m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1980 Birthday - Alison Rachel Fitch, Hamilton New Zealand, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1980 Event - New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin

1980 Event - Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117

1979 Event - Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on Antarctica kills 257

1979 Birthday - Lydia Jane Lipscombe, Christchurch New Zealand, breastroker 1996 Olympics

1978 Birthday - Dionne Bainbridge, born in Brisbane, Australia, New Zealand 200m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1978 Event - Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 vs. New Zealand Christchurch

1978 Event - England all out 64 for 1st loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott captain)

1977 Birthday - Anna Louise Wilson, Dunedin, New Zealand, 100m breast stroke 1996 Olympics

1977 Event - Doug Walters scores 250 vs. New Zealand, 217 stand for 7th wicket w/Gilmour

1976 Birthday - Scott Mark Cameron, Dunedin New Zealand, 4x200m relay swimmer 1996 Olympics

1976 Event - Javed Miandad, 206 vs. New Zealand, age 19 years 141 days (29 fours 1 six)

1976 Event - Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad score tons in same Test Cricket innings vs. New Zealand

1976 Event - Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on debut New Zealand vs. Pak Javed 1st wkt

1976 Birthday - Gregory Robert Henderson, Dunedin New Zealand, 4k pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics

1976 Event - John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4

1976 Birthday - Marina Alofagia McCartney, Miss New Zealand Universe 1997

1976 Birthday - Scott Guyton, Tokoroa New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1976 Birthday - Faye Johnstone, Auckland New Zealand, archer 1996 Olympics

1976 Birthday - Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, born in Auckland, New Zealand, 3k ind pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics

1976 Event - New Zealand scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India

1976 Event - Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes

1976 Event - Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park

1976 Event - Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind vs. New Zealand Auckland

1975 Birthday - Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand 1996

1975 Birthday - Lise Mackie, Te Kuiti New Zealand, Australian swimmer 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Mathew James Coad, born in Wellington, New Zealand, 100m/200m runner 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Christopher Lindsey Donaldson, Dunedin New Zealand, 100m/200m runner 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Murray William Burdan, Wellington, New Zealand, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Danyon Joseph Loader, born in Dunedin, New Zealand, 200m/400m swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-96

1975 Birthday - Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch New Zealand, 200m 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Julian Dean, Waihi New Zealand, team pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen, Palmerston North New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Greg Loveridge, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner, did not bowl vs. Zim 1996

1975 Birthday - Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower 1996 Olympics

1974 Birthday - Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, New Zealand, discus thrower 1996 Olympics

1974 Birthday - Rebecca Bailey, Christchurch New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1974 Event - Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia

1974 Event - Greg Chappell makes 247* vs. New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six

1974 Event - Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. New Zealand cricket at Wellington

1974 Birthday - Sharon Marie Ferris, New Zealand, yachter 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Garth John Da Silva, Auckland New Zealand, heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Daniel Meech, Hastings New Zealand, equestrian showjumper 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Susannah Kate Pryde, Auckland New Zealand, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Trent Bray, New Zealand, 100m/200m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1973 Event - Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird vs. New Zealand at Leeds

1973 Event - Close finish at Trent Bridge, New Zealand Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440

1973 Birthday - Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue, born in Auckland New Zealand, 50m/100m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Stephen Fleming, cricketer, New Zealand left-handed Test batsman 1994-

1973 Birthday - Brendon Mark Cameron, Pirongia New Zealand, 4k pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics

1973 Event - 1st one-day international for Pakistan and New Zealand

1973 Event - Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 vs. New Zealand Dunedin

1973 Event - Mushtaq and Asif Iqbal make 350 stand for 4th wicket vs. New Zealand

1973 Event - Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand vs. Pakistan, Wellington

1972 Birthday - Jonathan Wyatt, Lower Hutt New Zealand, 5000m 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - John Steel, Auckland New Zealand, 100m/200m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Glen Anthony Mitchell, Hamilton New Zealand, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Mark Haslam, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer 1992

1972 Birthday - Loraine Lambert, Ipswich Queensland, golfer, New Zealand champ 1991, 92

1972 Birthday - Robert Kennedy, cricketer, New Zealand opening bowler 1996

1972 Birthday - Matthew Hart, cricketer, New Zealand lefty spinner 1994-

1972 Event - Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. New Zealand

1972 Birthday - Paul Michael Kent, born in Australia, New Zealand breastroker 1996 Olympics

1972 Event - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. New Zealand Kingston, 214 and 100

1972 Birthday - Aaron John Mcintosh, Auckland New Zealand, sailboard yachter 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Toni Hodgkinson, Auckland New Zealand, 800m 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangy Davis, cricket bowler, New Zealand open vs. England 1994

1971 Birthday - Dion Nash, cricketer, New Zealand right-arm medium-pacer 1992-

1971 Birthday - Anna Katrina Simcic, Christchurch New Zealand, backstroker 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Phillip Tataurangi, Auckland New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1971 Birthday - Timothy Christopher Carswell, Christchurch New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Patterson Thompson, cricketer, WI Test fast bowler vs. New Zealand 1996

1971 Birthday - Sharon Tina Jenkins, Auckland New Zealand, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Jonathan David Winter, Wellington, New Zealand, 100m backstroker 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Owen Lance Bill Hughes, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, kayaker 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Blair Pocock, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman 1993

1971 Birthday - Nathan Astle, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman vs. Zimbabwe 1996

1971 Birthday - Daniel Gowing, Germany, New Zealand judoka 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Hamish Pepper, Auckland New Zealand, laser single handed yachter 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996

1971 Birthday - Zahoor Elahi, cricketer, Pakistan opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996

1971 Birthday - Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand, 1st Maori Test centurion

1970 Birthday - Gus Nketia, Auckland New Zealand, 100m sprint 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Chantal Brunner, Wellington, New Zealand, long jumper 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Brendon Julian, cricketer, in New Zealand Australian left-arm quickie 1993-

1970 Birthday - Rhona Susan Robertson, Auckland New Zealand, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Chris Cairns, cricketer, son of Lance, New Zealand all-rounder

1970 Birthday - Grant Moorhead, New Plymouth New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1969 Birthday - Craig Jones, born in Nambour, Australia, Canadian Tour golfer, New Zealand Open 1994

1969 Birthday - Chris Harris, cricketer, son of Zin New Zealand all-rounder in ODI's

1969 Birthday - Richard Dickson Reid, New Zealand, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Michael Owens, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand Test

1969 Birthday - Darren McKenzie-Potter, Auckland New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Scott Anthony Murray Nelson, born in Geelong, Australia, New Zealand 20k walker 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Stephen Scahill, Featherston New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1969 Birthday - Rachel Hunter, born in Glenfield, New Zealand, model, actress, reality television host, appeared nude in 'Playboy' magazine, appeared in film, 'La Cucina', 'The Benchwarmers'

1969 Birthday - Douglas Pirini, Auckland New Zealand, decathlete 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Simon Doull, cricket medium pacer, New Zealand

1969 Birthday - Brett Steven, born in Bermuda, New Zealand tennis player 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Reid Hayston Hamilton, born in New Zealand, beach volleyball player 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Scott Alexander Brownlee, born in Hamilton, New Zealand, rowing coxless 4 men 1996 Olympics

1969 Event - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. New Zealand

1969 Birthday - Michael Campbell, Hawera New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1969 Birthday - Shane Thomson, New Zealand cricket off-spin all rounder, since 1990

1969 Birthday - Andrew Murray Stone, Auckland New Zealand, Open 470 yachter 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Laurie Williams, cricketer, West Indian ODI all-rounder vs. New Zealand 1996

1968 Birthday - Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler, New Zealand 1993

1968 Birthday - Lee Germon, cricketer, New Zealand keeper and captain 1995-

1968 Birthday - Michael Long, Cromwell New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1968 Birthday - Glenn Leroy McLeay, Invercargill New Zealand, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Matthew Lane, born in Wellington, New Zealand, Nike golfer, 1991 S Australian Open-4th

1968 Birthday - Alastair Campbell Mackintosh, Hamilton New Zealand, coxless rower 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Roger Twose, cricketer, Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995

1968 Event - Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand, 51 died

1968 Birthday - Sheree Megan Higgins, born in Matamata New Zealand, golfer, 1991 Bridgestone

1968 Birthday - Chris Pringle, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, since 1990

1968 Birthday - Lynette Brooky, New Zealand, golfer, New Zealand Open 1993/94

1967 Birthday - Brenda Catherine Lawson, Wanganui New Zealand, double scull rower 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - Gavin Brian Lovegrove, Auckland New Zealand, javelin 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - Gary John Anderson, Wanganui New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - Barbara Anne Kendall, Auckland New Zealand, mistral yachter, Gold and Silver Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - Justin Vaughan, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder 1992-

1967 Birthday - Craig John Monk, Auckland New Zealand, finn class yachter 1996 Olympics

1967 Event - 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45

1967 Birthday - Julie Richardson, born in Auckland New Zealand, tennis star, 1992 Futures-Canberra

1966 Birthday - Murphy Logo Su'a, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand left-arm of Samoan parents

1966 Birthday - Blair Hartland, cricketer, New Zealand opener

1966 Birthday - Glenn Donald Hamilton, New Zealand, beach volleyball player 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Grant Bradburn, cricketer, son of Wynne New Zealand off-spinner 1990-

1966 Birthday - Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Texas Tour

1966 Birthday - Elliot Boult, born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1966 Birthday - Danny Morrison, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand since 1987

1966 Birthday - Sean Patrick Wade, Houston Texas, New Zealand marathoner 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Nyla Jane Carroll, New Plymouth New Zealand, 5k/10k/marathoner 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Ken Rutherford, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman and latterly captain

1965 Birthday - Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand

1965 Event - Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand

1965 Event - John Edrich completes 310* vs. New Zealand in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes

1965 Event - Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, vs. New Zealand at Lord's

1965 Birthday - Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt New Zealand, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics

1965 Event - Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs. Pakistan

1965 Event - Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs. New Zealand at Delhi

1965 Event - Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton

1965 Event - Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand vs. India in 1st Test Cricket innings

1965 Birthday - John Commins, cricketer, South African Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994-95

1964 Birthday - Brian Young, cricketer, New Zealand Test opening batsman

1964 Birthday - Grant Osten Waite, Palmerston New Zealand, PGA golfer, 1993 Kemper Open

1964 Birthday - Caroline Anne Hare, Lower hutt New Zealand, 5k/10k 1996 Olympics

1964 Event - New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day

1964 Birthday - Russell Crowe, born in Wellington, New Zealand, actor, musician, Academy-Award winning film, 'Gladiator', films include, 'L.A. Confidential', 'A Beautiful Mind'

1964 Birthday - Atif Rauf, cricketer, Pakistani Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994

1964 Death - W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests vs. New Zealand 1930), dies

1963 Birthday - Mark Greatbatch, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand opener

1963 Birthday - Stephen Corkin, Auckland New Zealand, judoka 1996 Olympics

1963 Birthday - Philippa June Baker, born in Wanganui New Zealand, double scull rower 1996 Olympics

1963 Birthday - Greg Turner, Dunedin New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1962 Birthday - Charith Senanayake, cricketer, played for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1991

1962 Birthday - Gavin Larsen, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pace all-rounder

1962 Birthday - Brian Andrew Fowler, Christchurch New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1962 Birthday - Richard De Groen, cricketer, New Zealand medium pacer 1993-

1962 Birthday - Trevor Franklin, cricketer, opened for New Zealand mid-80's

1962 Birthday - Brant Ian Woodward, born Hurstville, New Zealand, trap shooter 1996 Olympics

1962 Birthday - Chunli Li, Auckland New Zealand, table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1962 Birthday - Tony Blain, cricketer, New Zealand Test wicket-keeper

1962 Birthday - Brendon Kuruppu, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman, 201* debut vs. New Zealand 1987

1962 Birthday - Donald John Cowie, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1962 Event - Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand, Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa

1961 Birthday - Ian Andrew Wright, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics

1961 Event - South Africa vs. New Zealand, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock

1961 Birthday - Donna Wynd, Auckland New Zealand, 1k sprint cyclist 1996 Olympics

1961 Death - Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1949 - 1957, dies at 67

1961 Birthday - Andrew Nicholson, UK, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Rod Latham, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman

1961 Birthday - Kevin Arnott, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman, 101* vs. New Zealand 1992

1961 Birthday - Vaughn Jefferis, Matangi New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Blyth Tait, England, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event, 1996 Olympics gold

1960 Birthday - Christopher Sherratt White, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics

1960 Birthday - Frank Nobilo, Auckland New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1959 Birthday - Simon Davis, Victorian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. New Zealand 1986, no wkts

1959 Birthday - Andrew Jones, cricketer, highly consistent for New Zealand at 1st drop

1959 Birthday - Brian Douglas Jones, born in Auckland New Zealand, tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics

1958 Birthday - Martin Snedden, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pacer of 80's

1958 Birthday - Dipak Patel, cricketer, in Kenya New Zealand off-spin all-rounder

1958 Event - Test Cricket debuts against New Zealand for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row

1958 Event - C A Milton scores 104* on Test Cricket debut, England vs. New Zealand Headingley

1958 Event - New Zealand all out 47 vs. England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17

1958 Birthday - Tony Pigott, cricketer, England pace bowler in a Test vs. New Zealand 1984

1958 Birthday - John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer, premiere spinner of 80's

1958 Birthday - Sally Clark, born in Feilding New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event, 1996 Olympics silver

1957 Birthday - Alannah Currie, Auckland New Zealand, rock xylophone/vocalist, Thompson Twins

1957 Birthday - Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland New Zealand, Smallbore rifle 1996 Olympics

1957 Birthday - Peter Webb, New Zealand cricketer, batsman against West Indies 1980

1957 Birthday - Allison Roe, Auckland New Zealand, marathoner, NYC-1981

1957 Birthday - Kathleen Lynch, Motueka New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1957 Birthday - Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand of the 80's

1956 Birthday - Bruce Edgar, cricketer, New Zealand opener through the 80'

1956 Birthday - Farrukh Zaman, lefty cricket spinner, bowled 10 overs Pak vs. New Zealand 1976

1956 Event - New Zealand bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win

1956 Birthday - John F. Reid, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70's/80's

1956 Birthday - Mark Todd, U.K., New Zealand equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics

1956 Event - Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs. New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy

1955 Event - Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India vs. New Zealand

1955 Event - Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. New Zealand

1955 Event - New Zealand all out for 70 vs. Pakistan at Dacca

1955 Event - Imtiaz Ahmed scores 209 vs. New Zealand, the record for a no 8 batsman

1955 Birthday - Roderick Hopkins Davis, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1955 Birthday - Lorraine Moller, born in Boulder, Colorado, New Zealand athelete 1996 Olympics

1955 Birthday - Graeme "Jock" Edwards, cricketer, beefy New Zealand lefty batsman late 70's

1955 Event - New Zealand cricket all out for 26 vs. England at Eden Park

1954 Birthday - John Wright, New Zealand cricketer, opening batsman 1978-92

1954 Birthday - Jeremy Coney, cricketer, New Zealand captain turned them into world-beaters

1954 Birthday - Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983

1954 Event - Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament

1953 Event - Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)

1953 Event - Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166

1953 Birthday - Peter McEwan, cricketer, New Zealand batsman early 80's

1953 Event - Jackie McGlew scores 255* vs. New Zealand at Wellington

1952 Birthday - Gary Troup, cricketer, New Zealand lefty pace bowler in 15 Tests 1976-86

1952 Birthday - Warren Lees, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper, late 70's

1951 Event - Australia, New Zealand and U.S. sign ANZUS-pact

1951 Event - U.S., Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty

1951 Birthday - Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983

1951 Birthday - Richard Hadlee, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, cricket bowler, 431 wickets

1951 Birthday - Vicky Latta, Auckland New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics

1951 Birthday - Geoff Howarth, cricketer, New Zealand captain early 80's

1951 Event - Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England vs. New Zealand Christchurch

1951 Birthday - John Parker, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70s

1950 Birthday - Simon Owen, Wanganui New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1950 Birthday - Pamela Stephenson, Auckland New Zealand, actress, Superman 3, Sat Night Live

1950 Birthday - Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland New Zealand, Tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics

1950 Birthday - Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer pace bowler, 1975-89

1950 Birthday - Shahid Israr, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, in one Test vs. New Zealand 1976

1949 Death - Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/U.S. surgeon/athlete 1936 Olympics gold, dies at 39

1949 Birthday - Lance Cairns, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand medium-pace bowler

1949 Event - England, Belgium, Lux, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland recognize Israel

1949 Event - Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand

1948 Birthday - Surinder Amarnath, cricketer, son of Lala 124 on debut vs. New Zealand 1976

1948 Birthday - Robert Anderson, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976-78

1948 Birthday - Murray Parker, cricketer, brother of John Three Tests for New Zealand 1976

1948 Birthday - Dayle Hadlee, cricketer, brother of Richard, New Zealand medium-pacer of 70's

1947 Event - New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion

1947 Event - U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, New Zealand and UK

1947 Birthday - John Morrison, cricketer, "Mystery" New Zealand batsman 1973-82

1947 Birthday - Murray Webb, cricketer, New Zealand fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75

1947 Birthday - Glenn Turner, cricketer, masterful New Zealand opening batsman

1947 Birthday - Andy Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976

1947 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. New Zealand, Christchurch)

1947 Event - Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand vs. England at Christchurch

1947 Birthday - Ashley Woodcock, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. New Zealand 1974, only knock 27

1946 Birthday - Ken Wadsworth, cricket keeper, New Zealand dashing batsman

1946 Birthday - Tony Howard, cricketer, WI off-spinner one Test vs. New Zealand 1972

1946 Birthday - Paul Beresford, born in Levin, New Zealand, Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Mole Valley

1946 Birthday - Richard Collinge, cricketer, New Zealand rec wicket-taker, 116, before Hadlee

1946 Event - Australia beats New Zealand in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day

1946 Event - 1st Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand

1946 Birthday - Graham Vivian, cricketer, son of Giff, 5 Tests for New Zealand 1965-72

1945 Birthday - Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer, one Test India vs. New Zealand 1969

1945 Birthday - Bryan Andrews, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74

1944 Birthday - Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricket, opener scored century in Test vs. Pak 1973

1944 Birthday - David O'Sullivan, New Zealand cricket left-arm spinner, in 11 Tests 1973-76

1944 Birthday - Buddy Allin, Bremerton, Washington, PGA golfer, 1980 New Zealand Open

1944 Event - General Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand

1944 Birthday - Terry Jarvis, New Zealand cricket opener, 387 partnership w/Turner vs. WI 1972

1944 Birthday - Mark Burgess, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of the 70's

1944 Birthday - Kiri Te Kanawa, born in Gisborne, New Zealand, operatic soprano, Don Giovanni

1943 Birthday - Hedley Howarth, cricketer, brother of Geoff, New Zealand lefty spinner 1969-77

1943 Birthday - Barry Milburn, cricketer, New Zealand wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969

1943 Birthday - Bruce Taylor, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand all-rounder 1965-73

1943 Birthday - Steve Dunne, cricketer, New Zealand Test umpire on international panel

1943 Event - New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese sub I-1 at Guadalcanal

1942 Birthday - Peter Petherick, cricketer, New Zealand slow lefty 1976-77, hat-trick on debut

1942 Birthday - David Russell Lange, PM, L, New Zealand, 1984-89

1942 Birthday - Gale Garnett, Auckland New Zealand, singer, We'll Sing in the Sunshine

1941 Birthday - Barry Hadlee, cricketer, bro of Dayle and Richard, New Zealand World Cup 1975

1941 Birthday - Anouska Hempel, Forbes New Zealand, actress, Tiffany Jones

1941 Event - New Zealand troops conquer Ft. Capuzzo Libya

1941 Birthday - Brian Yuile, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests

1941 Birthday - Peter Truscott, cricketer, one Test New Zealand vs. Pakistan 1965, 3 and 26

1941 Birthday - Grahame Bilby, cricketer, two Tests New Zealand vs. England 1966

1941 Birthday - Keith Thomson, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests New Zealand vs. India 1968

1941 Birthday - Ross Morgan, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72

1941 Birthday - Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand in 10 Tests in the 1960's

1941 Birthday - Bob Cunis, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's

1940 Birthday - Mike Shrimpton, cricketer, occasional New Zealand Test batsman 1963-74

1940 Birthday - Richard Edwards, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1968-69 Australia/New Zealand tour

1940 Event - French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands

1940 Birthday - Brian Hastings, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 70's

1939 Birthday - Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. New Zealand

1939 Event - Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada

1939 Birthday - Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College

1939 Birthday - Bryan Gould, born in New Zealand, politician, Rhodes Scholar, Labor Member of Parliament for Southampton Test, served as Shadow Chief Secretary

1938 Birthday - Bill Playle, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 8 Tests without distinction

1938 Birthday - Wynne Bradburn, cricketer, father of Grant New Zealand batsman vs. South Africa 1964

1938 Birthday - Peter Snell, born in New Zealand, 800m/1500m runner, Gold Medals 1960, 1964 Olympics

1938 Birthday - John Sparling, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, 11 Tests 1958-64

1938 Birthday - Bevan Congdon, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 60s and 70s

1937 Event - Pan Am starts San Francisco-to-Auckland, New Zealand service

1937 Event - Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money

1937 Event - Test cricket debut of Len Hutton vs. New Zealand at Lord's, scores 0 and 1

1937 Birthday - John Edrich, cricketer, England left-handed batsman, 310* vs. New Zealand 1965

1937 Birthday - John Ward, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper, 8 Tests 1964 - 1968

1937 Birthday - Graeme Dowling, cricketer, New Zealand, 239 vs. India 1968

1936 Birthday - Alan Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, England1962-63 Aust-New Zealand tour

1936 Birthday - Barry Sinclair, cricketer, 21 Tests for New Zealand in the 60's, 3 centuries

1936 Birthday - Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand of 60's

1936 Event - 2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms

1936 Birthday - Roy Harford, cricketer, brother of Noel New Zealand wicketkeeper vs. India 1968

1936 Event - 1st government of Zealand in Belgium ends

1936 Birthday - John D'Arcy, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman on 1958 England tour

1936 Event - 1st parliamentary debate on New Zealand radio

1936 Birthday - Bob Charles, born in Carterton, New Zealand, PGA golfer, 1963 Houston Open

1935 Event - Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of New Zealand

1935 Birthday - Paul Barton, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa

1935 Birthday - Bruce Bolton, cricketer, two Tests New Zealand vs. England 1959

1935 Event - 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns

1935 Birthday - Clive Halse, cricketer, South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Australia/New Zealand tour

1934 Birthday - Barry Briggs, New Zealand auto maker, World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66

1934 Birthday - Peter Arnett, born in Riverton, New Zealand, journalist, worked for CNN

1934 Birthday - Donald McIntyre, Auckland New Zealand, Bass-Baritone, Wotan-Das Rheingold

1934 Birthday - Sadashiv Patil, cricketer, pace bowler in Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56

1934 Birthday - John Guy, cricketer, solid left-handed batsman for New Zealand in late 1950's

1934 Birthday - J E F "John" Beck, cricketer, lefty bat in 8 Tests for New Zealand 1953-56

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

1933 Birthday - Bruce Morrison, cricketer, one Test New Zealand vs. England 1963

1933 Birthday - Grenville Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand tourist to Australia 1973-74

1933 Birthday - Seymour Nurse, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 258 vs. New Zealand 1969

1933 Birthday - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer, India, 100* on debut vs. New Zealand 1959

1933 Birthday - Roger Harris, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs England 1959

1933 Birthday - Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner 1960 Olympics gold

1933 Birthday - Ian Sinclair, cricketer, 2 Tests New Zealand vs. WI 1956, bowling average 120.00

1933 Event - Hammond scores 336* vs. New Zealand at Auckland, 47 fours 10 sixes

1933 Birthday - Kim Elgie, cricketer, South African bat vs. New Zealand 1961-62, Scotland RU International

1932 Birthday - Bob Blair, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s

1932 Birthday - Francis Cameron, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65

1932 Birthday - Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. New Zealand 1961

1931 Birthday - Noel McGregor, cricketer, batted in 25 Tests for New Zealand 1955-65

1931 Event - British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd

1931 Birthday - Norman Read, New Zealand, 50K walker 1956 Olympics gold

1931 Birthday - Bob Goalby, golfer, British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, New Zealand 1970

1930 Birthday - C T Patankar, cricketer, kept wicket in one Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56

1930 Birthday - Cherry Barbara Grimm, Lockett, New Zealand, sci-fi author, Nearest Fire

1930 Birthday - Noel Harford, cricketer, brother of Roy New Zealand Test batsman in 1950's

1930 Birthday - Murray Chapple, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman through the 1950's

1930 Death - Robert Stout, New Zealand prime minister (1884-87), dies at 85

1930 Birthday - John Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts

1930 Birthday - Matt Poore, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 14 tests 1953-56 average 15.43

1930 Event - Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of New Zealand

1930 Birthday - Ivor Richardson, Judge, New Zealand Court of Appeals

1930 Birthday - Clive Revill, born in Wellington, New Zealand, actor, Legend of Hell House

1930 Birthday - G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests India vs. New Zealand 1955-56

1930 Event - J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, New Zealand vs. England, Wellington

1930 Event - Stewie Dempster scores New Zealand's 1st Test century

1930 Event - Commencement of New Zealand's 1st Test, vs. England Christchurch

1930 Event - Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs. New Zealand Christchurch

1929 Birthday - Trevor McMahon, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper, v India and Pak 1955-56

1929 Birthday - Narotam Puna, cricketer, Bombay New Zealand off-spinner vs. England 1966

1929 Birthday - Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer, Pakistan bat in Test vs. New Zealand 1956, scored 8*

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

1929 Birthday - Yvette Williams, New Zealand, long jumper, Gold Medal 1952 Olympics

1928 Birthday - Trevor Meale, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests New Zealand vs. England 1958

1928 Birthday - Ken Hough, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in two Tests vs. England 1959

1928 Birthday - John Reid, cricketer, prolific New Zealand batsman 1949 - 1965

1927 Birthday - Zin Harris, cricketer, father of Chris New Zealand batsman in 50's and 60's

1927 Birthday - Eric Petrie, cricketer, New Zealand wicketkeeper of the late 1950's

1927 Birthday - John Hayes, cricketer, New Zealand fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58

1926 Birthday - Gordon Leggat, cricketer, open batsman for New Zealand in 9 Tests 1953-56

1926 Birthday - Robin Cooke, President, New Zealand Court of Appeal

1926 Birthday - Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened New Zealand batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953

1926 Event - Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to New Zealand

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

1925 Birthday - Richard Barber, cricketer, scored 12 and 5 in only Test New Zealand vs. WI 1956

1925 Birthday - David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54

1925 Birthday - Eric Dempster, cricketer, New Zealand slow bowl of mid-50's, bowling avg 109.5

1924 Birthday - Simpson Guillen, cricketer, wicket-keeper for West Indies and New Zealand

1924 Birthday - Janet Frame, New Zealand, novelist, Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry

1924 Birthday - Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricket fast bowler, took 70 wickets in 1950's

1924 Birthday - Fred Fisher, cricketer, one Test for New Zealand vs. SA 1953

1924 Birthday - Ian Colquhoun, cricket wicket keeper, New Zealand vs England 1954-55

1924 Birthday - V N Swamy, cricketer, one Test India vs. New Zealand 1955, DNB, 0-45

1924 Birthday - David Beattie, British governor-general of New Zealand

1923 Birthday - Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great New Zealand left-handed bat

1923 Event - New Zealand claims Ross Dependency

1923 Event - New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica

1923 Birthday - Alan Wharton, cricketer, England batsman once vs. New Zealand 1949, scored 7 and 13

1923 Birthday - Lawrie Miller, New Zealand cricketer, opening bat in 13 Tests

1923 Birthday - Don Taylor, cricketer, New Zealand 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden

1923 Death - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34

1922 Birthday - Harry Cave, cricketer, New Zealand bowler and Test captain in the 1950's

1922 Birthday - Brun Smith, cricketer, New Zealand right-handed batsman of late 1940's

1921 Birthday - Geoff Rabone, cricketer, gifted all-rounder for New Zealand in 1950's

1921 Birthday - Robert Muldoon, premier New Zealand, 1975-84, chairman, IMF

1921 Birthday - Frank Mooney, cricketer, dependable wicket-keeper for New Zealand in 13 Tests

1920 Birthday - Donald Beard, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the 1950's

1919 Birthday - Alan Lisette, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956

1919 Birthday - Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest

1919 Birthday - Alex Moir, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59

1919 Birthday - Guy Overton, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour

1918 Birthday - Colin Snedden, cricketer, Test New Zealand vs. England 1947, 0-46, did not bat

1917 Birthday - Martin Donnelly, cricketer, brilliant lefty bat for New Zealand post-war

1917 Event - Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand

1917 Birthday - Roy Scott, cricketer, one Test New Zealand vs. England 1947, 18, 1-74

1916 Birthday - Mervyn Wallace, cricketer, 13 Tests for New Zealand, latterly as captain

1916 Birthday - Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricketer/rugby player

1915 Birthday - Charles Rowe, cricketer, scored a pair in only Test, New Zealand vs. Australia 1946,

1915 Birthday - Walter Hadlee, cricketer, father of Richard and Dayle, New Zealand batsman 40's

1915 Birthday - Raymond Emery, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman vs West Indies 1952

1915 Birthday - George Cresswell, cricketer, 3 Tests for New Zealand aged 35

1915 Birthday - Tom Burtt, cricketer, slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand

1914 Birthday - Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front

1914 Birthday - Cec Burke, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner vs. Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2 - 30

1913 Birthday - Len Butterfield, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder, Test

1913 Birthday - Horace Smith, cricketer, New Zealand, only Test wkt off his 1st ball, Paynter,

1912 Birthday - Donald McRae, cricketer, Test for New Zealand, the 1946 debacle vs Australia

1912 Birthday - H "Giff" Vivian, cricketer, father of Graham 1st Test for New Zealand at 18

1912 Birthday - Jack Cowie, cricketer, successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII

1910 Birthday - John Kerr, New Zealand, cricketer, opening batsman in 1930's

1910 Birthday - Lennox Brown, cricketer, South Africa leg-spinner on 1931-32 Australia/New Zealand tour

1910 Birthday - Denis Moloney, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, 1937 England tour

1910 Birthday - Paul Whitelaw, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs. England 1933

1910 Birthday - Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/U.S. surgeon/runner 1936 Olympics gold

1909 Birthday - Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for New Zealand 1932 and 1946, took 0-130

1909 Birthday - Jean Batten, New Zealand air pioneer, 1st woman to fly solo England to Australia

1909 Birthday - Albert Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37

1908 Birthday - Sylvia Ashton-Warner, born in Stratford, New Zealand, New Zealand educator, poet, and writer

1908 Birthday - Bill Merritt, cricketer, early New Zealand Test leg-spinner, also Northants

1908 Birthday - Gordon Weir, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37

1907 Event - New Zealand declares independence from U.K.

1906 Birthday - Norman Gallichan, cricketer, all-rounder in 1 Test New Zealand vs. England 1937

1906 Birthday - Alexander Matheson, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests 1930-31

1906 Birthday - Henry Foley, cricketer, batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930

1905 Birthday - Ian Cromb, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the early 1930's

1904 Birthday - Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper, New Zealand's 1st Test, later Northants

1904 Birthday - Keith Holyoake, New Zealand PM, 1960-72

1903 Birthday - Stewie Dempster, cricketer, 1st great New Zealand Test batsman

1903 Event - Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand)

1903 Birthday - George Dickinson, cricketer, bowled for New Zealand in their 1st 3 Tests

1903 Birthday - John Dunning, cricketer, New Zealand medium-fast bowler of 30's

1902 Birthday - Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket lefty pace bowler, 1932-33, later knighted

1902 Birthday - Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer, New Zealand bat early 1930's, All Black half

1901 Event - Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand

1900 Birthday - Roger Blunt, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32

1900 Birthday - Edwin McLeod, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 2nd-ever Test 1930

1900 Birthday - Arthur Porritt, New Zealand, 100m sprinter, Olympic-bronze-1924

1899 Birthday - Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand, Kiwi mystery writer, Black Beech and Honeydew

1898 Birthday - Tom Lowry, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in seven Tests and their 1st Test captain

1897 Birthday - Rewi Alley, New Zealand, writer, Americans in China

1896 Birthday - Cyril Allcott, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in their early Tests

1895 Birthday - Fred Badcock, cricketer, swing bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test matches

1895 Birthday - Matthew Henderson, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test

1893 Birthday - Sidney Holland, New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949 - 1957

1893 Event - New Zealand is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote

1891 Birthday - Bert McGirr, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 1st Test series

1888 Event - Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand

1888 Birthday - Kathrin Mansfield, New Zealand writer, Aloe, Garden Party

1886 Event - Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand

1886 Event - Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)

1884 Birthday - Hugh S. Walpole, born in New Zealand, novelist and playwright, Jeremy, Maradick at 40

1882 Event - 1st cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin

1882 Event - SS Dunedin leaves New Zealand with 1st frozen meat to England

1878 Birthday - Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925 - 1928

1876 Event - Direct telegraph link established between Britain and New Zealand

1874 Event - Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, New Zealand

1874 Birthday - Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka New Zealand, Maori political/cultural leader

1863 Event - Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon," Christchurch, New Zealand

1844 Birthday - Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, New Zealand prime minister, 1884-87

1840 Event - New Zealand became a British colony

1840 Event - Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of New Zealand

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

1835 Event - Charles Darwin company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand

1835 Event - HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)

1835 Event - HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin approaches New Zealand

1835 Event - HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for New Zealand

1824 Death - Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79

1795 Event - Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French general Michaud

1757 Birthday - Jacobus Bellamy, Zealand poet

1747 Event - Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women

1747 Event - Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand

1744 Birthday - Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland

1721 Death - Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66

1711 Death - Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66

1679 Death - Cornelis Evertsen the Young, Vice-Admiral of Zealand, dies at 51

1672 Event - Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand

1659 Death - Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, New Zealand), dies at about 56

1655 Birthday - Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral, Zealand

1642 Event - New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman

1642 Event - Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand

1628 Birthday - Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice Admiral of Zealand

1625 Event - Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand

1582 Event - Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th

1582 Event - Zealand/Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25

1581 Event - States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange

1574 Death - Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies

1573 Event - Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland

1559 Event - Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht

1534 Event - Zealand hit by heavy storm

1532 Event - Zealand/South Holland flooded

1493 Death - John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Netherlands/Zealand, dies at 82

1456 Death - Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies

1436 Death - Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35

1425 Event - Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good

1425 Death - John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned

1421 Event - Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed

1417 Event - Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen

1410 Birthday - John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia

1349 Event - Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand

1346 Event - Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand

1345 Death - Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27

1337 Death - Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49













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