1977 - On This Day In Australia.

16th of June

Explorer William Lawson passed away on the 16th of June 1850. Born today: Peter Sterling, Mark Occhilupo…

14th of March

The single I Should Be So Lucky by Kylie Minogue went to number 1 on the 14th of March 1988, Born March 14: Bruce Reid, Brian Smith…

18th of November

The single I Honestly Love You by Olivia Newton-John went to number 1 on this day in 1974. Born today: Ross Wilson, Trent Barrett…

7th of October

Sir Zelman Cowen, the 19th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne on the 7th of October 1919. Novelist & playwright, Thomas Keneally was born in Sydney, NSW in 1935.

24th of September

Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist and pathologist, Howard Florey, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on the 24th of September 1898. Also born today: William Dobell, John Kerr…

The Royal Australian Navy’s first submarine, HMAS AE1, was lost at sea with all hands near Papua New Guinea on the 14th of September 1914. Skyhooks played at Monash University, Melbourne on this day in 1977.