| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1940 |
Cronulla
Surf Club opened its new club house. |
1949 |
Michael
Wenden, swimmer, was born. |
1965 |
Jockey
Darren Beadman was born in Canberra; Melbourne Cup winner. |
1984 |
Jockey Larry Allen rode 6 winners
on the card at the Gold Coast races |
1992 |
20
year old Olympic cyclist, Darren Smith, was killed in a training
accident. |
1996 |
David
Dicks, aged 18, became the then youngest person to make a
round the world solo trip after 264 days at sea. |
| 2001 |
Jockey Damien Oliver
rode 5 winners on the card at the Sandown
racecourse |
