| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
| 1870 |
Charles
Eady, cricketer, was born. |
| 1938 |
Jockey W Kain "rode
the card" when he rode all 7 winners at a meeting in Onslow,
West Australia |
| 1964 |
Australian hockey
player Jackie Pereira was born. She won a gold medal in 1988
and 1996 Olympics, and a gold medal at the 1994 and silver 1990
World Cup |
| 1971 |
Matthew Hayden, test
cricket player - champion batsman, born |
| 1971 |
Greg Blewett, test
cricket player - batsman, born |
1983 |
The shortest price
favourite ever, harness champion Popular Alm, won at Albion
Park over 1600m in the record time of 1.54.5 seconds. He started
at 100/1 ON (or 1/100) |
| 2002 |
Jockey Jason Oliver
was tragically killed in a track accident at age 33 |
