Melbourne

Eventos (16)

• 1861

  11/7 — The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.

• 1877

  3/15 — First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.

• 1892

  6/11 — El Departamento de Limelight, uno de los primeros estudios de cine del mundo, se establece oficialmente en Melbourne, Australia.

• 1899

  2/2 — The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.

• 1899

  2/2 — The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.

• 1901

  5/9 — Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.

• 1913

  3/12 — Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.)

• 1922

  9/11 — Se funda The Sun News-Pictorial en Melbourne, Australia.

• 1934

  11/11 — The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

• 1956

  12/6 — A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

• 1965

  10/30 — La modelo inglesa Jean Shrimpton causó una sensación global al llevar un audaz vestido minúsculo blanco al Día de Derby en el Hipódromo de Flemington en Melbourne, Australia.

• 1970

  10/15 — Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.

• 1978

  10/21 — Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.

• 1986

  3/27 — A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.

• 1990

  10/5 — After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

• 1999

  10/31 — El yateísta Jesse Martin regresa a Melbourne después de 11 meses de navegar alrededor del mundo solo, sin parar y sin ayuda.