| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1960 |
Max
Metzker, swimmer, was born - bronze medal 1980 Olympics, Commonwealth
Games – gold medal 1982, gold medal 1978, bronze medal. |
1970 |
Jack
Brabham returned to the winners list after a three year absence
winning the South African Grand Prix. |
1975 |
Denise
Robertson ran 11.5 secs for the 100 metres to retain her Australian
title at a meet at Lang Park in Brisbane. |
| 1980 |
Jockey Mick Dittman
rode 5 winners on the card at the Doomben
racecourse |
| 2014 |
Champion jockey
Roy Higgins died aged 75. Higgins won a record 11 Melbourne
jockeys' premierships and rode 2312 winners despite a constant
battle with weight and was a revered figure of the Australian
turf. Dubbed ''the Professor'',
Higgins won most of Australia's major races, including two Melbourne
Cups on Light Fingers (1965) and Red Handed (1967) for Bart
Cummings in one of the great partnerships in the sport. |
