| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
| 1951 |
Maureen Caird,
athlete, was born; gold medal 1968 Olympic Games, silver medal
1970 Commonwealth Games. |
| 1956 |
Soon to become
a champion, Tulloch
had his first race start at Randwick and ran second to Flying
Kurana. |
| 1962 |
1960's champion horse, Time And
Tide, won his first race at Randwick - the Canonbury Stakes,
dfeating nullacourt by 2 lengths and starting at 9/2. His main
wins were in the 1965 Doncaster
Handicap, Canonbury Stakes, Debutante Stakes, 1963 AJC
Sires Produce, 1963 Champagne
Stakes, 1963
Caulfield Guineas, 1965 Challenge
Stakes, 1965 Oakleigh
Plate, and Rawson Stakes. |
| 1962 |
Jockey George Moore
rode 5 winners on the card at the Randwick
racecourse |
| 1967 |
Linda McGill
set a new women's record for swimming the English Channel
of 9 hours 59 minutes and 57 seconds - 20 minutes faster than
the previous best. |
| 1978 |
Melbourne Cup winning racehorse
Beldale Ball had his first race start at Ascot in WA running
11th in the Phillips Stakes over 7 furlongs |
| 1985 |
Canterbury
won the NSWRL Grand Final against St George 7-6. |
| 1996 |
Manly Warringah
Sea Eagles won the ARL Grand Final against St George Dragons
20-8. |
| 2002 |
At Wangaratta
racecourse, Perada, Snakey Bill and Uncle Andre dead
heated for third. |
| 2014 |
Parramatta champion Jarryd Hayne
and North Queensland superstar Johnathan Thurston created rugby
league history by being crowned dual Dally M Medal winners.
It is the first time in the award’s 34-year history that
joint winners were named |
