| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1909 |
Alan
McGilvray. cricket commentator, was born. |
1959 |
Runner
Tony Blue broke Herb Elliott's Australian 880 yard record when
he ran 1 minute 49.2 seconds at a meet at Lang Park in Brisbane. |
1979 |
Tim
Cahill, Australian footballer, was born. |
1981 |
Marathon
runner Robert de Castella won the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan. |
1992 |
New
golfer on the scene, Robert Allenby, won the Johnnie Walker
golf classic in Melbourne. |
| 2000 |
Jockey Brett Prebble
rode 5 winners on the card at the Flemington
racecourse |
2003 |
Jockey Corey Brown rode 5 winners
on the card at the Randwick
racecourse |
2003 |
Emma
Snowsill and Peter Robertson make it a clean sweep for Australia
at the World Triathlon Championships in Queenstown, New Zealand. |
