| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
| 1926 |
Rolland
"Rolly" Tasker, Australian sailor, was born, won
Australia's first Olympic sailing medal - Silver at 1956 Melbourne
Olympic Games. Won record 28 championships in only seven years,
Sport Australian Hall of Game 1996, Order of Australia 2006.
Died 22 June 2012. |
| 1927 |
Bert Bryant (dec.), race caller,
born in Dubbo in NSW |
| 1930 |
Ray Selkrig, jockey, Melbourne
Cup winner, born Randwick in NSW |
| 1953 |
Jockey Cecil Kelly "rode
the card" when he rode all 5 winners at a meeting in Wauchope,
NSW |
| 1964 |
Alby
Thomas won the Australian Mile Championship at a meet at Olympic
Park in Melbourne in the Australian record time of 3 minutes
58.3 seconds. |
| 1971 |
Western
Australia pacer Mount Eden set a new Australian mile record
of 1 minute 56.7 seconds at Harold Park in Sydney. |
| 1975 |
Racehorse Balmerino had his first
race start at Whangerei in NZ running second in the Junior Handicap
over 1000 metres. He went on to race all over the world. |
| 1981 |
Jockey Grame Birney "rode
the card" when he rode all 5 winners at a meeting in Lismore,
NSW |
| 1999 |
Jockey Matthew Cahill rode 6 winners
on the card at the Canberra races |
