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Brisbane - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
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. |
1962-12-28 |
51st Davis Cup: Australia beats Mexico in Brisbane (5-0) |
1967-12-28 |
56th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Brisbane (4-1) |
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 |
1981-11-29 |
Greg Chappell scores 201 v Pakistan at The Gabba (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 |
2010-11-13 |
Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage |
2014-11-15 |
Vladimir Putin's press secretary says media reports that the Russian president plans to leave the G20 Summit in Brisbane early are nonsense |
2014-11-15 |
World leaders gather in Brisbane for G20 Summit, which will focus on economic growth |
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Brisbane - Notable Birthdays
Brisbane - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1850-08-03 |
Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926) |
1864-12-12 |
Arthur Brisbane, Go and Get It |
1905-10-12 |
William Brisbane, Shall We Dance |
1918-01-16 |
Clem Jones, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia (d. 2007) |
1930-05-16 |
Brian Davies, Brisbane, Australia, Rugby League player, (d. 2012) |
1956-11-23 |
Shane Gould, Brisbane Queensland, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1972) |
1957-07-26 |
Wayne Grady, Brisbane, Australia, PGA golfer (1990 PGA Champion) |
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, Australian golfer |
1971-04-20 |
John Senden, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer |
1972-01-21 |
Mark Brisbane, Madagascar |
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) |
1972-12-28 |
Matt Gaffney, All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane |
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) |
1977-01-14 |
Renee Intlekofer, Brisbane, Australia |
1978-03-18 |
Dionne Bainbridge, Brisbane QLD Aust, NZ 200m swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1979-12-10 |
Shaina Fewell, Brisbane, Australia |
Brisbane - Notable Weddings
Brisbane - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1956-10-06 |
Tennis player champ Ken Rosewall (21) weds Wilma McIver at St John's Church of England Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia |
2006-03-31 |
Long jumper gold medalist Bronwyn Thompson (28) weds Jason Chipperfield at Roma Street Parkland in Brisbane, Australia |
Brisbane - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1936-12-25 |
Arthur Brisbane, Go and Get It |
