Today in Brisbane History
Historical Events
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1887-01-21 - Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
1893-04-03 - 1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
1928-06-09 - Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
1928-12-05 - England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
1958-12-31 - 47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2)
1962-09-28 - Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
1969-04-13 - Closure of the Brisbane tramway network.
1970-11-27 - Test Cricket debut of Rodney "Iron Gloves" Marsh v England, Brisbane
1975-11-28 - Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane
1981-02-05 - Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane
1985-11-12 - R Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match v Australia at Brisbane
1987-12-05 - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
1988-04-30 - World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia
1991-03-09 - "Les Miserables," opens at Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
1992-11-30 - David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 v WI at Brisbane
Famous Birthdays
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1850-08-03 - Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926)
1918-01-16 - Clem Jones, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia (d. 2007)
1956-11-23 - Shane Gould, Brisbane Queensland, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1972)
1957-07-26 - Wayne Desmond Grady, Brisbane Australia, PGA golfer (1990 PGA)
1957-07-26 - Wayne Grady, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1958-06-03 - Ann Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer (1985 R/U NSW Open)
1962-07-29 - Corinne Dibnah, Brisbane Australia, LPGA golfer (1988 Brit Open)
1963-10-02 - Libby Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer (1988 - Singapore Open)
1965-02-08 - Carmen Savy, Brisbane QLD, golfer (1990 Brisbane & District)
1965-06-17 - Gianluca Pozzi, Bari Italy, tennis star (1991 Brisbane)
1967-11-14 - Matthew King, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1969-12-14 - Dave Nilsson, Brisbane Australia, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1970-01-03 - Trudi Jeffrey, Brisbane QLD, golfer (1990 Australian Jr Champion)
1970-02-14 - David Podlich, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1970-05-10 - Andre Stolz, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1971-04-20 - John Senden, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1972-07-27 - Clint Robinson, Brisbane QLD Australia, K-1 1k canoeist (Oly-bron-96)
1972-12-04 - Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star (1996 final Hobart)
1973-07-14 - Kieren Perkins, Brisbane QLD Aust, 1500m swimmer (Olymp-2 gold-92, 96)
1973-11-13 - Samantha Riley, Brisbane Australia, breastroker (Oly-2 bronze-92, 96)
1973-11-22 - Michael Murphy, Brisbane QLD Queensland Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1976-07-24 - Scott Logan, Brisbane QLD Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978-03-18 - Dionne Bainbridge, Brisbane QLD Aust, NZ 200m swimmer (Olympics-96)
