Month: November 2016

28th– On this day in 1906, Tommy Burns and Jack O’Brien fought to a draw for the heavyweight boxing title. In 1919 Lady Astor is elected as a Member of Parliament, she would become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. Countess Markievicz, was the first woman to be elected, but in line with the Sinn Fein abstentionist policy she refused to take her seat. Australian Test Cricketer Keith Miller was born in 1919. In 55 Tests he scored 2958 runs and took 170 wickets. In 1925 The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn...

  21st – Today in 1783, Jean de Rozier and the Marquis d’Arlandes make the first free-flight ascent in a balloon to over 500ft in Paris. On this day in 1905, the first ever game was played in the Australasian Championships, now known as the Australian Open. The competition lasted until 27th November and consisted of men’s singles and doubles. The singles event had a field of 17 players and was won by Australian Rodney Heath, who defeated his fellow countryman Albert Curtis 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. The tournament was played on grass at the Warehouseman’s Cricket Ground in...