Today in Australia History (Part 5)
Sub-Topics: Christmas Island - Cocos (Keeling) Islands - New South Wales - Norfolk Island - Northern Territory - Queensland - South Australia - Tasmania - Victoria - Western Australia
Historical Events
Results 401 - 430 of 430
1997-03-24 - Australian parliament overturns world's 1st & only euthanasia law
1997-05-01 - Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality.
1997-05-12 - Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
1997-07-30 - Eighteen lives are lost in the Thredbo Landslide in New South Wales, Australia.
1998-02-01 - Australian Mixed: J Gimelstob & V Williams beat Suk & Sukova (62 61)
1999-01-22 - Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
1999-04-14 - A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$1.7 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
1999-06-06 - In Australian Rules Football, Tony Lockett breaks the record for career goals, previously 1299 by Gordon Coventry and which had stood since 1937.
1999-11-06 - Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
2000-09-11 - Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia.
2000-09-15 - Opening ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia
2000-10-01 - Closing ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia
2001-09-12 - Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry leaving 10000 people unemployed.
2002-05-14 - Ten members of the Darwin-based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia.
2003-01-18 - A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
2003-01-31 - The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.
2003-05-28 - Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct.
2004-09-09 - 2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
2005-12-11 - Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who were not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
2006-01-01 - Sydney, Australia swelters through its hottest New Years Day on record. The thermometre peaked at 45 degrees celsius, sparking bushfires and power outages.
2006-03-20 - Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country's banana crop.
2007-03-23 - Burnley Tunnel catastrophe occurs in Melbourne, Australia.
2007-03-24 - The Australian Labor Party is reinstated after the New South Wales state elections.
2007-03-31 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour.
2007-06-08 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
2007-07-01 - Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. With the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK. The ban is also put into effect in Australia.
2007-10-25 - The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ 380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
2007-11-24 - Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition government.
2008-02-13 - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes an historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
2008-08-06 - Access 31 TV stops broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia.
Famous Birthdays
Results 401 - 500 of 1,018
1951-06-24 - Raelene Boyle, Australia, sprinter (Oly-Silver-72)
1951-07-06 - Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
1951-08-05 - John Jarratt, Australian actor
1951-08-06 - Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
1951-09-09 - Alexander Downer, Australian politician
1951-09-29 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
1951-09-30 - Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1951-11-02 - Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens)
1951-12-18 - Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut (STS 77, STS 89/91)
1952-01-02 - Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer (Skyhooks) (d. 2001)
1952-01-11 - Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
1952-01-11 - Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
1952-02-06 - Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach (Oly-96)
1952-03-01 - Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer
1952-03-20 - Geoff Brabham, Australian racing driver
1952-03-30 - Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach
1952-04-04 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. 1995)
1952-04-15 - Kym Gyngell, Australian comedian
1952-05-05 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
1952-06-11 - Russell Hitchcock, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1952-11-18 - Peter Beattie, Australian politician
1953-01-05 - Mike Rann, Australian politician
1953-01-09 - Morris Gleitzman, British-Australian children's author
1953-01-29 - Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
1953-05-20 - Robert Doyle, Australian politician
1953-05-24 - Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress (Rocky Horror)
1953-05-25 - Jane Priest, Perth Australia, Prince Charles' lover
1953-06-22 - Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
1953-06-29 - Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer
1953-07-20 - Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer
1953-07-21 - Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor
1953-07-27 - Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
1953-07-31 - Ted Baillieu, Australian Politician
1953-09-14 - Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
1953-09-27 - Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist (Men At Work)
1954-01-17 - Susan Kiefel, Australian lawyer and judge
1954-04-16 - John Bowe, Australian racing driver
1954-05-19 - Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC)
1954-05-27 - Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
1954-06-15 - Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996)
1954-09-27 - Ray Hadley, Australian radio broadcaster
1954-10-18 - Liz Burch, Australian actress
1954-11-16 - Dick Gross, Australian politician
1954-11-17 - Mark Brandon Read, Australian criminal
1955-01-13 - Paul Kelly, Australian singer
1955-01-29 - Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
1955-02-15 - Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion
1955-03-31 - Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
1955-04-23 - Judy Davis, Perth Australia, actress (Husbands & Wives)
1955-05-31 - Tommy Emmanuel, Australian Guitarist CGP
1955-06-17 - Gail Jones, Australian author
1955-12-07 - John Watkins, Australian politician
1955-12-20 - Ed Kuepper, German/Australian, singer/songwriter (Saints)
1955-12-27 - Brad Murphey, Australian racing driver
1956-02-13 - Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian runner
1956-02-29 - Jonathan Coleman, Anglo-Australian entertainer
1956-03-02 - Mark Evans, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC)
1956-05-12 - Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian
1956-06-28 - Noel Mugavin, Australian Rules Football player
1956-10-26 - Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman
1957-01-05 - Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer
1957-03-20 - David Foster, Australian woodchopper
1957-05-22 - Gary Sweet, Australian actor
1957-06-22 - Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1957-06-29 - Robert Forster, Australian musician
1957-08-16 - Tim Farriss, Australian pop guitarist (INXS-Kiss the Dirt)
1957-08-18 - Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be)
1957-09-21 - Kevin Rudd, Australian politician
1957-09-22 - Nick Cave, Australian singer/songwriter (Bath Seeds-Murder Ballads)
1957-11-05 - David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1957-12-28 - Anne Sargeant, Australian netballer
1958-02-12 - Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)
1958-02-14 - Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer
1958-03-20 - Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist
1958-07-04 - Kirk Pengilly, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1958-08-03 - Ana Kokkinos, Greek-Australian film director
1958-08-19 - Brendan Nelson, Australian politician
1958-09-06 - Nigel Westlake, Australian musician and composer
1958-10-19 - Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
1958-10-30 - Stefan Dennis, Australian actor
1958-12-22 - Frank Gambale, Australian musician
1959-01-08 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005)
1959-02-12 - Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise)
1959-03-02 - Andrew Farriss, Australia, rock keyboardist (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1959-03-04 - Rick Ardon, Australian news presenter
1959-04-24 - Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer
1959-06-13 - Steve Georganas, Australian politician
1959-08-30 - Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor
1959-09-04 - Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
1959-10-17 - Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
1959-10-17 - Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian
1959-12-01 - Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer
1960-01-22 - Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Dogs in Space)
1960-01-29 - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
1960-02-23 - Alan Griffin, Australian politician
1960-03-08 - Max Metzker, Australian swimmer
1960-04-04 - Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
1960-04-19 - Roger Merrett, Australian footballer
1960-04-25 - Bruce Redman, Australian film producer
1960-05-04 - Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian
Famous Deaths
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