Today in Tasmania History
Sub-Topics: Hobart
Historical Events
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1642-11-24 - Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
1643-06-15 - Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania
1804-10-09 - Hobart Tasmania founded
1836-02-06 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
1836-02-17 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania
1842-08-21 - The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.
1851-02-11 - 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston
1856-02-07 - The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
1895-01-30 - Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years
1896-01-27 - Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
1898-12-12 - 1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania
1902-12-10 - Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
1930-12-25 - Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500
1933-12-25 - Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria v Tasmania at Hobart
1933-12-30 - Jack Badcock scores 274 v Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton
1936-03-02 - Bradman scores 369 in 253 mins, SA v Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes
1936-09-07 - The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1954-06-19 - Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros
1959-09-23 - 1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait.
1967-02-01 - Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives
1975-01-05 - 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks
1993-03-14 - Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
1994-10-13 - Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)
1996-04-28 - Martin Bryant shoots & kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania
1996-12-21 - Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning
1997-05-01 - Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality.
Famous Birthdays
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1812-02-29 - Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880, also on 29 February)
1848-02-24 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907)
1891-01-04 - Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)
1909-06-20 - Errol Flynn, Hobart Tasmania, actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood)
1910-05-02 - Laurie Nash, cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia)
1914-04-10 - Jack Badcock, cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's)
1942-05-15 - Doug Lowe, 35th Premier of Tasmania
1949-08-14 - John Tarrant, Tasmania, 1st Australian born Zen teacher
1956-02-19 - Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire (international panel)
1957-02-10 - Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
1960-12-29 - David Boon, cricketer (short backward square from Tasmania)
1969-02-11 - Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman)
1970-06-13 - Shaun Young, cricketer (Tasmanian all-rounder, Young Aust 1995)
1970-08-27 - Dene Hills, cricketer (prolific Tasmanian batsman)
1973-10-08 - Toby Haenen, Hobart Tasmania Aus, backstroke swimmer (Olympics-96)
1973-10-20 - Scott Goodman, Hobart Tasmania Aus, 200m butterfly swimmer (Oly-br-96)
1973-12-12 - Michael DiVenuto, cricketer (exciting Tasmanian batsman)
1974-01-05 - Michelle Scerri, Melbourne Australia, golfer (1995 Tasmanian)
1974-12-19 - Ricky Ponting, cricketer (prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995)
1975-10-31 - Carla Boyd, Wynyard Tasmania, basketball player (Olympics-bronze-96)
Famous Deaths
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1659-10-10 - Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
1874-01-04 - Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
1876-05-08 - Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
1880-02-29 - Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February)
1887-01-17 - William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
1909-01-17 - Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819
1936-01-02 - Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862)
1945-12-20 - Charles Eady, cricketer (Tasmanian player for Aust 1896-1901), dies
1953-01-08 - Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, British naval commander and Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
1956-07-20 - Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies
1995-02-02 - Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies
1995-06-10 - Ron Morrisby, cricketer (prolific batsman for Tasmania 1931-52), dies
