| year |
Australian
sporting history on this day |
1970 |
Australian
driver Frank Matich won the 17th New Zealand Grand Prix. |
1974 |
The
world gliding championships were held at Waikerie in South
Australia. |
1988 |
Flinders
Park Tennis Centre in Melbourne opened at a cost of AU$70
million. |
2015 |
Chamion racehorse Doriemus
was put down following a paddock accident at age 24. He was
the winner of the 1995 Caulfield and Melbourne Cups |
