| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1814 |
A bare knuckle fist fight between
John Berrenger and Charles Lifton in Hyde Park in Sydney ended
with a knock down in the 56th round. A condition of the bout
was that both boxers had to run half a mile before the fight
began. Berrenger was the winner. |
1933 |
Aviation
pioneer Bert Hinkler is presumed killed in a plane crash near
Florence, Italy as he was flying from Britain to Australia. |
1945 |
Glynn Pretty, Adelaide Cup winning
jockey, born Adelaide |
1988 |
Scott
Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer, born. |
| 1992 |
Jockey Greg Childs
rode 5 winners on the card at the Flemington
racecourse - he only had five rides
for the day |
