| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
| 1840 |
Flemington
Racecourse in Melbourne staged its first three day meeting. |
| 1944 |
Champion jockey Harry White was
born in Melbourne |
| 1947 |
Warwick Hobson, racing journalist,
was born in Sydney, NSW |
| 1949 |
At Benalla
racecourse, Preston and Bonny Epic dead heated for
first in the Corinthian Handicap. They were the only starters
in the race. |
| 1950 |
Chris
Wardlaw, marathon runner, was born. |
| 1957 |
Grace
Walker won a speed boat race on the Hawkesbury River, covering
the 68½ mile course in 53 minutes 30 seconds at average
speed of 76.8 miles per hour. |
| 1969 |
Simon
Whitlock "The Wizard", Australian darts player,
born, won Australian Grand Masters (2006-2007), Japan Open
(2005). |
| 1976 |
Fraser
Gehrig, Australian rules footballer, was born, All-Australian
Team 1997, 2004. |
1984 |
The legendary T J Smith trained
his 3500th winner |
| 2003 |
Australian
aerial skier Alisa Camplin completes the 'triple crown' by
adding the World Cup title to her world championship and Olympic
gold medals. |
| 2004 |
Racehorse Buzzke won a race at
Kembla Grange race course starting
at 200/1 |
