| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
| 1940 |
Jockey Andy Knox rode
5 winners on the card at the Newcastle
racecourse |
1976 |
Heather
McKay won the first official Women's World Squash Championship
at a match in Brisbane. |
1980 |
Matt King,
rugby league player, (South Sydney) born in Casino, New South
Wales |
1987 |
Racehorse Pablo's Pulse won a race
at Warwick Farm starting at 500/1 |
| 1992 |
Jockey Troy Jackman
rode 5 winners on the card at the Belmont
racecourse |
1993 |
Triathlete
Michelle Jones won her second world title in Manchester in England. |
1998 |
Jockey Shane Arnold rode 5 winners
at a meeting at the Grafton
racecourse |
1999 |
Boxer
Kostya Tsyzu won the WBA super-lightweight title in Miami, Florida. |
2004 |
Women's
wrestling makes it Olympic debut, the only new discipline in
Athens. |
