1966 2 - On This Day In Australia.

8th of October

Comedian, actor, writer, producer, and television presenter Paul Hogan was born in Sydney, New South Wales on the 8th of October 1939. Ken Warby set the water speed record of 511.10 kilometres per hour (317.58 miles per hour), on Blowering Dam, NSW, on the 8th of October 1978.

31st of May

Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth mark a route across the Blue Mountains on the 31st of May 1813. Born today: Tommy Emmanuel, Todd McKenney, Mark Lizotte…