Melbourne

События (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 — The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in 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 — The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in 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 — English model Jean Shrimpton causes a global sensation by wearing a daring white minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in 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 — Австралийский гражданский пилот Фредерик Вентич ван Эйк исчезает в самолете Cessna 182 над проливом Басс южнее Мельбурна, после сообщения о контакте с неопознанным летательным аппаратом

• 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 — Яхтсмен Джесси Марти возвращается в Мельбурн после 11 месяцев кругосветного путешествия в одиночку, без остановок и без помощи.