| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1915 |
Victor
Trumper, test cricketer, died of Bright's disease at age just
37. |
1940 |
Don
Bradman joined the RAAF. He was inducted as an air crew member. |
1980 |
Formula
1 driver Alan Jones won the French Grand Prix. |
1986 |
At Randwick a trifecta on the
Welter Handicap between Voli Row (40/1), Hussar's Command (50/1)
and Bold Endeavour (100/1) paid $175, 155.30 |
1991 |
Runner
Simon Doyle broke the Australian 1500 metre record running
2nd in the World Games in Helsinki in a time of 3 minutes
32.7 seconds. |
1998 |
Jockey Kim Gladwin "rode
the card" with all 5 winners at a meeting in Port Headland,
West Australia |
2005 |
Rugby
league international player Frank Stanmore, died aged 75. |
