July 02
Australian History Monday, July 2, 2007. : The MV Pasha Bulker is refloated after running aground off Newcastle, New South Wales, almost a month earlier. The MV Pasha Bulker was a Japanese bulk freighter which gained some notoriety in Australia. Measuring 225 m long with a beam of 32.2 m and a mass of 76,741 metric tons, […]
July 05
Born on this day Friday, July 5, 1996. : Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born. Dolly the sheep was created at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. The cell from which she was cloned was taken from a six year old ewe. Whilst she was born on 5 […]
July 11
Australian History Thursday, July 11, 1974. : Australian Prime Minister Whitlam appoints the man who would later dismiss him, Sir John Kerr, as Governor-General. Edward Gough Whitlam became the 21st Prime Minister of Australia on 2 December 1972 in the first ALP electoral victory since 1946. The Whitlam government embarked on a massive legislative social reform program […]
July 21
Born on this day Monday, July 21, 1952. : TV actor and comedian Robin Williams is born. Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 21 July 1952. Williams landed his first big break as “Mork”, an alien who guest-starred on “Happy Days” with Ron Howard and Henry Winkler. […]
July 31
Born on this day Tuesday, July 31, 1951. : One of Australia’s greatest tennis players, Evonne Goolagong, is born. Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley was born at Griffith, New South Wales, on 31 July 1951, one of eight children. As a professional tennis player, Goolagong was the first female Aboriginal Australian to achieve prominence in a sport. Goolagong’s […]
July 13
Born on this day Saturday, July 13, 1940. : ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ and Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart is born. Patrick Stewart is best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: the Next Generation” and the ensuing Star Trek films “Generations”, “First Contact” and “Insurrection”. He was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England on 13 July […]
July 12
Born on this day Monday, July 12, 1937. : American actor and comedian Bill Cosby is born. African-American actor and comedian, Bill Cosby, was born William Henry Cosby Jr on 12 July 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Despite his mother being a hard-working housekeeper and his father serving as a mess steward with the US Navy, financial difficulties […]
July 10
Born on this day Sunday, July 10, 1921. : Harvey Ball, inventor of the Smiley face, is born. Harvey Ross Ball was born on 10 July 1921 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Whilst still at school he was apprenticed to a local sign painter, and later attended Worcester Art Museum School where he studied fine arts. He then […]
July 18
Born on this day Thursday, July 18, 1918. : Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid campaigner and the first democratically-elected President of South Africa, is born. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918. Rolihlahla Mandela was seven years old when he became the first member of his family to attend school: it was there that he was given […]
July 15
Australian History Monday, July 15, 1912. : The first branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia opens. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, or CBA, is a leading Australian multinational bank and the largest bank in the southern hemisphere. As of August 2015 it is the largest Australian listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange, with brands including […]