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7HOFM Hobart breakfast co-host Anna Dare made headlines around the world for all the wrong reasons on October 27 She was immediately suspended after making an inappropriate comment about the October Dreamworld tragedy The comments came during the breakfast programrsquos secret sound segment When the crunching sound was played on air Dare asked ldquoItrsquos not getting stuck in a conveyer belt at a theme park is it hellip too soonrdquo CEO Grant

Cameron said the comment was deeply regrettable ldquoThe announcerrsquos remark demonstrated a serious lapse in judgement and we sincerely apologise to our listeners the broader community and everyone affected by this weekrsquos terrible tragedyrdquo he said in the statement ldquoOur thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who lost their livesrdquo Mr Cameron said the announcer was ldquodevastatedrdquo by her ldquolapserdquo 7HO also placed an apology on their website

The RSN Sports Heaven breakfast team of Michael Christian and Mick McGuane were told their contracts would not be renewed next year Their replacements havenrsquot been named but Daniel Harford who currently co-hosts drive at SEN and racing broadcaster Jason Richardson have both been sounded out by RSN management

Simon Beaumont will replace Peter Bell who formerly filled the 12pm to 3pm slot for three years to August 2016 before making the move to ABC 720 to host its breakfast show

Jon Wolfe has been appointed as news editor to the 889FM Tamworth Newsroom He is the producerco-host of the stationrsquos 9-12 morning show ldquoThe Pulserdquo with Jodie Crosby

Laura Tchilinguirian has replaced outgoing host Philip Clark on 666 ABC Canberra breakfast Clark has replaced Tony Delroy on the national ABC Local Radio program Nightlife

Murray Olds is returning to 2UE Sydney as the new breakfast producer Hersquos been working with 2SER 1073 as News Editor

Hot Tomatorsquos Content Director Brad McNally underwent major brain surgery in July and recently completed medical treatment While he is expected to make a full recovery Brad has decided to return home to Perth to focus 100 per cent on his health and to pursue his travel plans

6PR Perth drive presenter Adam Shand has decided to return home to Melbourne at the end of the year The announcement comes after Peter Bell left 6PR earlier in the year to host the morning show on ABC

Craig Meddings Bay 939 Geelong Saturday morningcasual announcer has accepted the role of 10am to 2pm weekday announcer

Mason Tucker has joined hit 1009 Hobart Hersquos been appointed as their new morning announcer and as show producer for Paul amp Woody

Jade Leeder has moved on to Power FM 949 Nowra as their new Drive Announcer amp Social Media Manager Previously Jade was at Power FM 981 Muswellbrook filling in Breakfast maternity leave from Workdays and the Promotions Manager

Former Nova FM newsreader Maddie Burke can be heard weekday mornings on 973 Coast FM in Mandurah Maddie more recently co-hosted the 6IX breakfast show

Dave Lennon has returned to ABC radio and can now be heard hosting breakfast on ABC Horsham

Peter Newman has returned to Perthrsquos airwaves replacing retired-broadcaster Bob Maumill on 6PRrsquos Sunday brunch program Maumill signed-off from his 10am to 1pm show on September 26 Newman returns to the airwaves after taking a two year break from public life

Australian Radio Network has announced the appointment of Pedro Cuccovillo Vitola to the Kyle amp Jackie O producer team following their lsquoWorldrsquos Best Jobrsquo competition After more than 20 years at Radio Snowy Mountains (Snow FM amp 2XL) Richard Wybrew has finished up as General Manager Andrew Dunkerley has been promoted as the new General Manager of Snow FM amp 2XL

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Put on the Spot

JasonStaveley

Drive ProgramChildhood ambition - I always wanted to be a TV cameraman I would hang out at TV OBrsquos chatting with cameramen getting advice on the job even lsquohaving a gorsquo after shows finished That changed when I did work experience at the ABC in Hobart The TV amp radio newsroom was combined and I got to sit in the booth as the news bulletin was read on ABC radio After the bulletin I was allowed to lsquohave a gorsquo and the second I played that cart with the ABC News theme on it I was hooked on radio Work experience is vital for the future of radio

Radio training ndash I started in Community radio (7THE-FM) while I was in year 10 (1985) and luckily had Adrian Johnston as the PD at 7HT who took the time to aircheck me He eventually put me on panelling shifts then I got to do mid-dawns (sometimes on school days) and the Saturday nights I owe so much to AJ

Former stations ndash 7HT 7EX 7HO FM1047 (MD) TTT-FM B105 SAFM (MD amp APD) NXFM (PD amp breakfast) 3MMM (MD amp APD) FOX-FM (brsquofast) Star in Bristol England (PD) VIBE101 in Bristol (PD) Nova Adelaide (PD) Star 1045 (MD briefly) vega 953 (MD amp Drive) bigFM in Stuttgart Germany (Talent Coach) River 949 (very briefly) JACKFM in Oxford NXKO (interim CD) and now WSFM

A memory of your first day on air ndash I played Suzanne Vegarsquos ldquoMarlene On the Wallrdquo ndash what a great song

An embarrassing radio moment ndash I was doing mid-dawns on 7HT and had never played The Nolans beforeThe music log and the cart label didnrsquot print out the full song title so when I introduced ldquoGotta Pull Myself Togetherrdquohellipwell you get the idea

A personal radio highlight ndash Being part of the launch of 3 stations (TTT-FM Nova Adelaide and JACK2 in Oxford)

Radio mentor ndash or someone you greatly admire on radio ndash So many people I mentioned AJ earlier I also owe a hell of a lot to Greg Smith Paul Thompson Mike Perso Brian Ford Phil Dowse Jeff Allis Duncan Campbell and Charlie Fox for hiring me at various stages in my career I always admired the on-air work of jocks like Barry Bissell Mark van Laarhoven Rick Dees Ugly Phil David Rymer Cameron Humphreys Ron Christie and Kenny Everett in the formative days of my career ndash fortunately Irsquove spent time with all of themhellipexcept Everett

Career choice if not in radio ndash Law was always my back up planhellipitrsquos the wigs and gowns

A song you wish you could play on radio and a song you wish you didnrsquot have to ndash Irsquove played just about everything over many formats Right now Irsquod love WS to play U2rsquos ldquoThe Unforgettable Firerdquo or INXS ldquoTo Look At Yourdquo but theyrsquore iPod selections for old Triple M Music Directors As for part 2 of your questionhellipI love everything we play at WSFM

A favourite movie book and concert ndash Favourite movie would have to be The Blues Brothers Itrsquos been ages since I read a book for pleasure - most are biographies these days (always prepping)

Most memorable celebrity interview ndash Russell Crowehellipfor all the wrong reasons

Last time you laughed till it hurt ndash Probably at my doghellipshersquos 13 now and her eyesight is wonky Itrsquos always a laugh when she bumps into things

A habit yoursquod like to break ndash Chewing my finger nails

A pet peeve ndash Bad spelling

Fave food and drink ndash Canrsquot beat a chicken roast with all the trimmings

Best radio mate ndash Perth based Steve Mummery He should come back to radio Hersquos raised enough money for Telethon in Perth Or Dan Bradley

Favourite app ndash Facebook I thinkhelliphellipor the Qantas Frequent Flyer app (Irsquom proudly a Status Credit whore)

Are you a lsquocollectorrsquo of anything in particular ndash Not reallyhelliphellipdo exes count

Passions outside of radio (apart from family) ndash Cinema I love a good movie

Place of birth and birth date ndash I was born in Melbourne in December 1969


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Jocksrsquo Journal Fun FilesA WOMANrsquoS lsquoSTOLEN CARrsquo was returned to her the next day with money for petrol and a random explanation Erin Hatzi from Oregon woke to find a scribbled note of apology and $30 on her red Subaru Erin thought her car had been taken in criminal circumstances and had reported the incident to police But the search was called off after a simple ndash albeit very unlikely ndash explanation was offered up ldquoHello So sorry I stole your carrdquo read a message addressed to the carrsquos owner ldquoI sent my friend with my key to pick up my red Subaru and she came back with your car I did not see the car until this morning and I said lsquothat is not my carrsquo ldquoThere is some cash for gas (petrol) and I more than apologize for the shock and upset this must have caused you ldquo The person also left phone number contact details (So whatrsquos the explanation Well the police told her that older Subaru keys are ldquosometimes interchangeablerdquo ndash so it appears that the friend who was picking up the car had accidentally taken the wrong one Great to hear that she was re-united with her car And it makes sense too Because lsquoSubarursquo is Japanese for lsquounitersquo)

THE MONOPOLY AUSTRALIA EDITION will be released in 2017 40 destinations from across Australia have been nominated to feature on the re-imagined board game

but therersquos a catch - therersquos only space for 22 A public vote will decide which locations will make it onto the board and where they will sit The destination with the most votes will take the coveted Mayfair position on the board to be released by Hasbro Australia next year The game will also include Australia-themed tokens (Some of the nominees include Sunshine Coast Gold Coast Sydney Harbour Byron Bay Melbourne the Great Ocean Road Phillip Island Lake Burley Griffin Canberra Hahndorf Barossa Valley Perth Margaret River Hobart Darwin and Alice Springs Voting runs until November 22 Place your vote at monopolyaustraliacomau and maybe your favourite spot will get the coveted Mayfair position)

FEELING SLEEPY AT WORK Sleep deprivation can lead to health complications Getting fewer than five hours a night for example greatly increases your chance of diabetes But just how sleep deprived are you Before you seek medical help therersquos a simple test to see how yoursquore being affected All you need is a spoon and a metal tray Dr Michael Mosley recommends a strange-sounding Sleep Onset Latency Test To try the experiment Mosley says is ldquolie down in a quiet darkened room in the early afternoon (note this is a daytime test) clutching a spoon which you hold over the edge of the bed You put a metal tray on the floor by your bed check the time then close your eyes The question is do you fall asleep and if so how soon after you lie down The idea is that when you nod off the spoon will drop from your ldquosenseless fingersrdquo and land with a loud clang on the metal tray below ndash thereby waking you up When you wake immediately check the time to see how much time has elapsed If you fall asleep within five minutes of closing your eyes yoursquore severely sleep deprived Within ten minutes indicates then yoursquore having trouble getting a good nightrsquos rest and anything over 15 minutes is just about okay (So before you reach for the sleeping tablets - first reach for a spoon and tray and try out this test)

A CHELSEA BUN sent to a soldier 100 years ago in WW I has been found in perfect shape It had been posted to Private Alex Hodges by his sister Lily Poston but never reached him as he was injured by a shell and sent to a London hospital to recover The uncooked bun made by the soldierrsquos favourite baker was returned to Lily and she kept it in a box for decades It was recently found by his 84 year old daughter Hazel Hodges Hazel says the bun was stale but other than that it was in excellent condition(She says lsquoit tasted much better with some butter and jamrsquo no only kidding Mrs Hodges donated the bun to the townrsquos museum serving as a permanent reminder of her dad who adored Chelsea buns)

AN AMERICAN GIRL IVY LEE has written a list of where she thinks the Brits do things better than her fellow US citizens Here are some of Ivyrsquos thoughts 1 They call soccer football because itrsquos clearly played with the foot2 They have the full English breakfast while we have the full sugar and preservatives cereal3 They have portion control resulting in higher life expectancy while we have super-sized everything resulting in obesity4 They have 28 days of paid holiday by law not including maternity leave sick leave etc while we have 105 They have free universal healthcare praised as the best in the world while we remain the only developed country (out of 33) that doesnrsquot6 Their national animal has a full head of mane (horse) while ours is bald (bald eagle)7 They know how to primly and properly queue while we mass frenziedly8 They know how to primly and properly apologise ndash for everything9 They know how to primly and properly drive on the wrong side of the road10 The English accent is more attractive than the American accent This is just an indisputable fact of nature(Irsquom not sure on that last point the Americans would agree that itrsquos lsquoan undisputable fact of naturersquo In fact Irsquom not sure theyrsquod agree on any point except the idea of 28 days holidays has to be more appealing than 10)

AN ALBUM CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR CATS is being lapped up by humans too topping two classical music charts Despite being allergic to cats cellist David Teie a soloist with Americarsquos National Symphony Orchestra released Music For Cats through the Universal Music label On the album which features five instrumental compositions Teiersquos cello playing is accompanied by bird-chirping and purring noises The music is based on Teiersquos theory mdash researched for two years mdash that mammals have an intuitive response to sounds present in their early development The idea has scientific backing A 2015 study by University of Wisconsin researchers and published in the Applied Animal Behaviour Science journal found the songs elicited positive reactions from 77 per cent of cats that heard them Universal approached Teie after spotting his Kickstarter campaign - which raised more than $US200000 and sold more than 10000 copies of the album(Maybe his next project will be an album of music for dogs I reckon it could be a howling success)

A CAFE IN GERMANY has become a social media hit boggling the minds of tourists Itrsquos built on its roof with attention to detail so high therersquos even a car hanging from the garage floor and pot plants by the front door Inside it looks like an average family home complete with bath mats kitchen appliances a fresh fruit basket and it even has kidsrsquo toys scattered over the floor Except the floor is actually the ceiling The home is accompanied by a cafe that serves coffee mdash and letrsquos face it yoursquoll probably need some if yoursquore facing this first thing in the morning However it comes served in upside-down mugs and you have to sit on the ceiling on seats that look like lampshades while a potplant sits on the floor(But if you do happen to visit - a word of warning Try and avoid going to the toilet They say itrsquos a logistical nightmare)

TERRITORIANS have put themselves on the map for having some of the rudest and funniest place names in the country An English company has brought out the Marvellous Map of Actual Australian Place Names which points out all the funny and rude names of locations across the nation The Territory was right up there with some fairly unique names including Knocker Bay Bing Bong Three Knobs Rum Jungle and Mount Mistake Head further south and yoursquove got Dead Dog Waterhole Cockroach Waterhole Touchy Touch Bore and Hooker Creek In Tasmania yoursquoll find Lovely Bottom Dismal Swamp and Nowhere Else In SA therersquos a Foul Bay and Oona-Woop-Woop (Wersquod like to mention a few more but we do have some kiddies listening so wersquoll get the program lsquoPGrsquo rated)


David Rogerson Managing Director - Strategic Media Solutions amp Strategic New Media Asia Pacific davidsmspacificcom

Strong Brand or Weak and Bland - David RogersonFor any type of business therersquos a growing realisation as 2016 comes to a close that brands are one of the most valuable assets that companies have In the radio industry strong radio station brands can help our listeners simplify the choice of stations they choose to listen to

The challenge in mediarsquos current economic environment is whether to continue to invest money in strengthening your radio brand From previous experience CEOrsquos and GMrsquos gravitate towards cutting marketing promotional and research dollars in tough times Mind you radio is not the only industry to do this It would be hard to find a bigger problem occupying a CEOrsquos time at the moment than how to generate continuing profitable growth for his or her company in the year ahead

So herersquos the juggling act radio is set to perform in 2017 ndash brand management knowing itrsquos an important management priority while justifying tipping money into holding onto the value of your radio stationrsquos brand in a cluttered media environment where revenue is tight and expenses are climbing

Letrsquos take a look at it from the Content Directorrsquos perspective ndash what can CDrsquos do to help maintain the strength of their radio stationrsquos brand while riding out the economic storms along the way

Shift The Focus to The Product ndash maintaining quality of your content product from on air to on line in a digital world is vital Nothing kills a good brand more than poor quality programming content and bad execution

Review Brand Image ndash a listenerrsquos perception of your station is a reflection of the different associations they hold in their memory This is what is known in marketing as Brand Image Work hard on maintaining a clear brand image of what your station stands for and sell the listener benefits eg lsquothe place to relaxrsquo or lsquoyour station for accurate and reliable information 24 hours a dayrsquo

Assess your brand performance ndash are certain personalities on your station more valuable at driving listener loyalty to your station Do they adapt to the hot issues each day and are they flexible to respond to the listenerrsquos needs

Build Listener loyalty ndash listeners who are loyal to your station have been shown to increase or maintain listening over time

What communication messages are you using to ensure they feel as though you recognise and value their loyalty Can they appreciate they are truly a loyal friend whorsquod never think of leaving you or are they loyal up to a point where if something better comes along then theyrsquod consider switching stations Remember P1rsquos (Priority 1 Loyal Listeners) are not necessarily lifelong friends Theyrsquore like your university student son or daughter ndash they stay with you until their mind can be swayed to move out elsewhere

Brand Use Importance ndash when was the last time you asked yourself lsquowhy do people listen to our station or use our brandrsquo And think about this - if you were to ask

your on air team the same question would there be common agreement among them or would you expect to have a diverse range of opinion Mobile Phone companies spend millions of dollars on researching cool apps features or functions to add to their next generation of devices Interestingly key findings still come back to their customers wanting the basics like better call plans longer battery life reliability and screen clarity How about inside your station Is so much time spent on working out where to put the gold song or the new song in the hour that the basic needs of the listener are set to one side while we concentrate on the small stuff

Notice how very few if any of the points raised require huge capital investment All it requires is our time Your stationrsquos brand and image is driven by your listener base how satisfied your listeners are with what you provide them daily in the form of entertainment and of course their long-term listener relationship with your station

No matter how large or small your operation is we need to look after our brand wisely and ensure it is protected and nurtured in order to maintain and grow its value

Your brand is an asset to the company Itrsquos about ensuring your brand is never weak and bland


More Jocksrsquo Journal Fun FilesA SURVEY HAS REVEALED THE REALLY WEIRD THINGS Aussie travellers bring on board flights The survey of 1400 Australian travellers by wotifcom has revealed the truly bizarre things people have crammed into their luggage and the results are astounding According to the survey despite strict luggage restrictions

by most airlines one in five Aussies have smuggled some pretty unusual items on board Here are some of the weirdest A plastic stag head Pet Siamese fighting fish Live lobsters and a mirror in the shape of the United Kingdom Others include a 3kg bucket of Nutella a barbecue plate a ginger bread house and a marble table lamp and shade And thatrsquos not all (A further 20 per cent of Aussie travellers quizzed in wotifcomrsquos survey said theyrsquove spotted fellow passengers taking some pretty strange things onto their flight The bigger question is how on earth did that get through security The most unusual items Aussies have spotted other passengers taking on a plane include A whole cooked chicken an iron a toy giraffe head and a toilet seat)

UNPOPULAR BABY NAMES IN 2016 Parenting and pregnancy information site BabyCenter have released their list of the most unpopular names of the year so far

Boys 1 Bertram2 Cecil3 Clarence4 Clive5 Cyril6 Dean7 Dennis8 Derek9 Duncan10 Ernest11 Geoffrey12 Horace13 Leonard14 Malcolm15 Neville

Girls1 Angela2 Beverley3 Carol4 Debra5 Diane6 Donna7 Doris8 Elaine9 Joanne10 Maureen11 Paula12 Sally13 Sandra14 Sharon15 Sheila

(Irsquom surprised Adolf and Henrietta didnrsquot make the list)


10 Things You Didnrsquot Know About The 973 FM Brisbane Breakfast Show

In October 2016 the 973FM Brisbane breakfast team of Terry Hansen Robyn Bailey and Bob Gallagher celebrated 10 years together as a brekky trio A pretty good achievement in this day of competitive radio where many breakfast shows or teams might only last 1-2 years especially in a city market Listed below is the edited version of lsquo10 things you might not know about the breakfast teamrsquo

1 Robin Terry amp Bob Donrsquot Hang Out Outside The ShowProbably one of the biggest misconceptions about us is that we spend our social time togetherhellipthe truth is we donrsquot In fact we rarely socialise together I think itrsquos because we spend so much time together in the studio that to have a work life balance we need some space We do events together however some work and some personal - Robin

2 Terry Had A Run In With HR Over His ShoesI like to be relaxed around the studio and in Summer that meant shorts polo shirt and sandals Very shortly after arriving in the studio the sandals would come off and I spend

the morning barefoot When Malcolm Turnbull was in Opposition he showed up unexpectedly one morning I raced out of the studio ndash barefoot ndash and came face to face with him in the waiting area I simply had to look him in the eye and say ldquoMr Turnbull As a mark of respect Irsquove come out here to put my sandals on before our interviewrdquo He said he appreciated the gesture This only came to an end last year when we had studio renovations and everyone had to have closed in shoes for O H amp S - Terry

3 No Where Is Safe When Wersquore On Air Do your colleagues ever chase you down into the toilets Well that happens to me on a daily basis ndash and itrsquos not just the men What you may not realise is that during the ad breaks Robin Terry and Producers Ruth and Allan are doing the Usain Bolt to my studio asking for audio thatrsquos going to air in one minutersquos time True story the hallway has wear marks from Terry ndash Greg the Imaging Producer

4 We Donrsquot Just Start At 530am And Finish At 9amFor example herersquos a day in the life of Terry Up at 320 Walk directly to computer and switch it on Walk directly to kettle and turn it on and put bread in toaster Walk directly to toilet By the time Irsquom back from the toilet toast is toasted kettle is boiled Check work email Facebook etc Also local news website and quirky overnight stories from around the world 4am ndash Shower 415 ndash Get dressed 420 On Pushbike ndash ride to station 430 Paper and Tez arrive ndash read for gag opportunities 5am ndash Bring prepared edits and new ideas to team meeting 530 On Air 9am Off Air 9 ndash 10am ndash record Promos from Todays Show and Interviews 10am to 11am ndash Meetings about next dayrsquos show and Promotions 11am ndash Usually there is at least one significant edit to be done of an interview for the next day - Terry

5 Robinrsquos Wardrobe Really Is MassiveWhen reviewing 10 Years in 10 days it occurred to me that Robin has not worn the same outfit to work ever That is more than 2000 work days Now she may have worn the same jacket once or twice or even the same jeans but she rocks it fresh every time - Bob

6 Bob Has A Morning Ritual That He Never Misses I used to duck out for a smoke at 5am so as not to impact my colleagues on the breakfast show I still duck out around 5am but now I fill my lungs with fresh air I inhale the day I welcome the morning sun I repeat a short mantra of affirmations and I thank the Lord for another beautiful day in paradise - Bob

7 Itrsquos Amazing What You Can Fit Into A SongWorking in such a fast paced environment even the simplest things need to be managed within a time frame - like going to the bathroom We always have to check how long the song is before we work out if we can make it there and back in time Itrsquos not unusual to see one or more of us screaming down the hallway trying to make it back ndash but therersquos a lot you can get done in a 327 song ndash Producer Ruth

8 What Really Happens When You Call The ShowOften people ring and assume Robin Terry and Bob answer the phones well they donrsquot My name is Allan and I work on the show as a Content Producer and my primary responsibility is to answer and filter the phone calls The team and myself have a system where once calls are answered Irsquoll filter down whatrsquos relevant and I give direction on how to deliver the story or opinion to Robin Terry and Bob all within a three minute song I find myself answering an easy 100 plus callers on a daily basis - Content Producer Alan

9 Donrsquot Say Anything You Donrsquot Want On AirYou know that innocent story about your husband Donrsquot tell your colleagues and then agree to share the story on air thinking no one you know will be listening at 6am They will And hersquoll (and by association you) will never hear the end of it Be very careful what anecdotes you share in front of radio peeps ndash it could end up on air Just as well I have no shamehellip - Webyn the Web Gal

10 Air Checks With Barry The BossAir-check hellip Thatrsquos a term used in the radio business for when the boss (me) plays back audio from that days show with the team to share ideas on how we thought the show had sounded to the listeners So how have these 3 managed to grow and succeed as a breakfast show over the last 10 years I hear you ask Irsquoll put it down to their passion experience and skills hellip lsquocause God knows these meetings were a massive waste of time Thanks for listening and supporting the show - Barry The Boss


Wednesday 16th November 2016

BirthsBURGESS MEREDITH (Oliver Burgess Meredith) born in Cleveland Ohio - 1908 (Died aged 88 - 1997) American actor He is best known for playing The Penguin in the lsquo60s Batman TV series and Rocky Balboarsquos manager in the series of Rocky movies

COLIN THIELE born in South Australia - 1920 (Died aged 85 - 2006) Australian author He wrote Storm Boy that was published in 1963 and made into a feature film in 1976 His other books include Blue Fin and Sun On The Stubble

MAX GILLIES born in Melbourne Victoria - 1941 (75) Australian actor and impressionist He sent up many big name politicians in his TV comedy program The Gillies Report His film credits include The Cars That Ate Paris (lsquo74) Great MacArthy (lsquo75) and Dimboola (lsquo79) - which he also co-produced He provided the voice of lsquoNormrsquo in the series of Life Be In It campaigns

KEN JAMES born in Sydney NSW - 1948 (68) Australian actor and chef He says that nowadays his passion is food and not acting He has played in a variety of television and stage roles including the character Mark Hammond in the lsquo60s Skippy television series and Mike OrsquoBrien in Sons amp Daughters

ALBY MANGELS born in Holland - 1948 (68) Australian adventurer The former chicken farmer became well known through his 1980s World Safari documentary films He has digitally remastered all of these programs which are now available at his website

GRIFF RHYS JONES born in Cardiff Wales - 1953 (63) Welsh-born comedian He co-starred with Mel Smith in the UK comedy series Alas Smith And Jones They also appeared together as part of the Not The Nine OrsquoClock News team

MARY HELGENBERGER born in Fremont Nebraska - 1958 (58) US actress She appeared in the TV seriesrsquo China Beach (as K C Koloski) and CSI Crime Scene Investigation (as Catherine Willows)

FRANK BRUNO (Franklin Bruno) born in England - 1961 (55) British boxer Former European and British heavyweight boxing champion and world contender Won 40 of his 45 professional contests in a 14 year professional career

TIM FERGUSON born in Sydney NSW - 1963 (53) Australian comedian and singer For 10 years he performed with the Doug Anthony Allstars The trio reunited for a series of concerts in 2014 He has hosted a variety of TV specials including Unreal TV and the Nine Network variety game show Donrsquot Forget Your Toothbrush

DIANA KRALL born in British Columbia Canada - 1964 (52) Canadian jazz pianist and singer She sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s Married Elvis Costello in 2003 at Elton Johnrsquos mansion (It was Costellorsquos third marriage)

LISA BONET born in San Francisco California - 1967 (49) American actress She played Denise Huxtable in The Cosby Show but left the series at the end of 1987 to star in a spin off - A Different World Her marriage to rock singer Lenny Kravitz ended in 1991 Apparently his song Itrsquos Not Over Til Itrsquos Over was about their relationship

ALEXANDER POPOV born in Russia - 1971 (45) Russian swimmer Winner of four Olympic gold medals Hersquos considered to be one of the greatest sprint free style swimmers of all time He lived for a while in Australia but then moved to Sweden During the Sydney 2000 Olympics Popov lost to Pieter van den Hoogenband by a mere fingertip to come 2nd in the menrsquos 100m freestyle

GIGI EDGLEY born in Perth WA - 1977 (39) Australian actress singer and daughter of Jenny and Michael Edgley She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue Special Ops

KATE MILLER-HEIDKE born in Brisbane Queensland - 1981 (35) Queensland singer Although trained as an opera singer she has followed a career in pop music Her 2009 single The Last Day On Earth peaked at No 3 locally Her other hits include Words and Canrsquot Shake It Her debut album Little Eve went gold She received four nominations at the 2007 ARIAs

EventsMURRAY RIVER (the longest in Australia) was discovered by Hamilton Hume - 1824

Polish historian Paul de Strzelecki climbed and named MT KOSCIUSKO Australiarsquos highest mountain - 1840

QANTAS (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service Ltd) was registered by Hudson Fysh P J McGinness and Fergus McMaster in Winton Queensland - 1920 Fysh and McGinness were two wartime aviators McMaster was a grazier and was responsible for organising the finance

WILLIE HALL of the Spurs soccer team scored 5 goals for England against Ireland Three of the goals were kicked in just 3 12 minutes - 1938

THE SOUND OF MUSIC opened on Broadway - 1959 The Rodgers amp Hammerstein musical starred Mary Martin and ran for 1443 performances

CLARK GABLE American actor died aged 59 - 1960 His last film was The Misfits (lsquo61) - it also turned out to be the last picture that Marilyn Monroe made

CLIFF RICHARD recorded Bachelor Boy - 1962 Cliff co-wrote the song with Bruce Welch It was recorded at Abbey Road studio

THE ANIMALS recorded Donrsquot Let Me Be Misunderstood - 1964

NORMIE ROWE was awarded a gold record for Que Sera SeraShakinrsquo All Over - 1965

PRINCESS THEATRE in Launceston reopened - 1970

COUNTRYWIDE went to air for the final time on ABC television - 1990

OPTUS first company to rival Telecom became available to consumers in most areas of Sydney Melbourne and Canberra - 1992

MICHAEL CAINE was knighted by the Queen - 2000 He was knighted under his real name of Maurice Micklewhite He says ldquoI was named after my father and I was knighted in his name because I love my fatherrdquo

Australiarsquos LEYTON HEWITT aged 20 became the youngest year end world number one tennis player since computer rankings began in 1973 - 2001

HOUSE starring Hugh Laurie began on US television - 2004

SOCCEROOS defeated Uruguay to qualify for the World Cup (2006) for the first time since 1974 - 2005 Australia won in a penalty shoot out at Sydneyrsquos Telstra Stadium before a crowd of 82698

SYDNEY recorded its lowest minimum temperature in November for more than 100 years when the temperature dropped to 8 degrees - 2006

BOY GEORGE aged 47 was jailed for 15 months for handcuffing and beating (with a chain) a 29 year old male prostitute - 2009

THE BEATLES music catalogue became available for downloading from iTunes - 2010 Within 24 hours 55 of the Top 200 downloaded tracks were Beatlesrsquo songs

BONO (U2) underwent surgery following a bicycle accident in New Yorkrsquos Central Park - 2014 After five hours surgery he had three metal plates and 18 screws to repair the damage to his arm

IAN CRAIG Australian cricketer died aged 79 - 2014 He holds the records for being the youngest Australian to make a first-class double century appear in a Test match and captain his country in a Test match


Thursday 17th November 2016

BirthsROCK HUDSON (Roy Scherer) born in Winnetka Illinois - 1925 (Died aged 59 - 1985) US actor During the lsquo60s he was often teamed in movie roles with Doris Day He starred with Susan St James in the television series McMillan And Wife One of his final roles was in the soap opera Dynasty He died of AIDS

HAZEL PHILLIPS born in England - 1929 (87) Australian actress and TV host She started in showbiz in 1956 when she won a contest called The Search For Miss TV Hazel was one of the original panellists on Beauty and the Beast In the lsquo60s she also hosted the TV program Girl Talk

PETER COOK born in England - 1937 (Died aged 57 - 1995) British comedian He is best known for his work with his partner Dudley Moore They starred together in the TV program Not Only But Also (1965-rsquo71)

GORDON LIGHTFOOT born in Orillia Ontario - 1938 (78) Canadian singersongwriter He had his first worldwide hit in 1971 with If You Could Read My Mind Sundown (lsquo74) is his biggest hit in Australia and his only No 1 US hit

REV GORDON MOYES born in Melbourne Victoria - 1938 (Died aged 76 - 2015) Australian Christian evangelist broadcaster and politician For 27 years he headed the Wesley Central Mission He hosted the Turn Around Australia television program and for many years he was also heard on Sunday nights on 2GB

MARTIN SCORSESE born in New York City New York - 1942 (74) US film director His other movies include - Taxi Driver (lsquo76) Raging Bull (lsquo79) The King of Comedy (lsquo83) The Color Of Money (lsquo86) GoodFellas (lsquo90) The Age Of Innocence (lsquo93) and The Aviator (2004) Robert De Niro has starred in many of his films His 2011 family film Hugo earned him his third Golden Globe Award for Best Director

BOB GAUDIO born in The Bronx New York - 1942 (74) US vocalist with The Four Seasons He wrote most of their hits - usually with their producer Bob Crewe In 1976 the only original member of the Four Seasons was lead vocalist Frankie Valli however Gaudio continued to write for the group and became their record producer December 1963 (Oh What A Night) was written with his wife Judy Parker

DANNY DEVITO born in Neptune New Jersey - 1944 (72) US actor director and husband to actress Rhea Perlman (since 1982) His films include Romancing The Stone (lsquo83) the sequel Jewel Of The Nile (lsquo85) Ruthless People (lsquo86) Throw Momma From The Train (lsquo87) Twins (lsquo88) War Of The Roses (rsquo89) - which he also directed Batman Returns (rsquo92) - as The Penguin LA Confidential (rsquo97) and Erin Brokovich (2000)

MIKE WENDEN born in Sydney NSW - 1949 (67) Australian swimmer lsquoThe Swimming Machinersquo won two gold medals at the 1968 Mexico Olympic games

MARK WILLIAMS born in New Zealand - 1953 (63) NZ singer In 1991 he had his biggest hit with the Vanda-Young composition Show No Mercy

PETE COX born in London England - 1955 (61) One half of the UK duo Go West They had two big hits in 1985 with We Close Our Eyes and Call Me

MARY MASTRANTONIO born in Lombard Illinois - 1958 (58) American actress Her films include - Color of Money Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (as Maid Marion) and Limbo

DARREN BEADMAN born in Kensington NSW - 1965 (51) Australian jockey He rode the Melbourne Cup winners Kingston Rule in 1990 and Saintly in 1996 Youngest jockey to be inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame at the age of 41 Also first to be inducted while still active He was seriously injured in Hong Kong in February 2012

KATE CEBERANO born in Melbourne Victoria - 1966 (50) Australian singer She had her first solo hit in 1989 with Bedroom Eyes which made No 2 nationally Her other hits include Love Dimension Brave Pash and I Wonrsquot Let You Down Prior to her solo career she was lead vocalist with the band Irsquom Talking

SOPHIE MARCEAU (Sophie Maupu) born in France - 1966 (50) French actress She played Princess Isabelle in her first English speaking role opposite Mel Gibson in Braveheart She can also be seen in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (rsquo99)

TANIA ZAETTA born in Merbein Victoria - 1970 (46) Australian TV presenter and actress She starred in four Bollywood movies and hosted Blue Planet and co-hosted Who Dares Wins (with Mike Whitney)

RACHEL MCADAMS born in Ontario Canada - 1978 (38) Canadian actress She played ldquoQueen Beerdquo in the 2004 hit film Mean Girls Her other films include starring roles in The Notebook Wedding Crashers and The Time Travelerrsquos Wife She also starred in the Sherlock Holmes films starring Robert Downey Jnr

ISAAC HANSON born in Tulsa Oklahoma - 1980 (36) US singermusician Hersquos a member of the group Hanson that features his older brothers Taylor and Zac They made their chart debut in 1997 with Mmm Bop

LUCY DURACK born in Perth WA - 1982 (34) Australian musical theatre performer She is most recognised for playing Glinda in the Australian production of Wicked

JODIE HENRY born in Brisbane Queensland - 1983 (33) Australian swimmer She won 3 gold medals all in record time at the 2004 Olympic Games

KARMICHAEL HUNT born in Auckland NZ - 1986 (30) New Zealand born Australian footballer Hersquos played in three codes of football NRL AFL and now is playing rugby union with the Queensland Reds He played for the Brisbane Broncos from (2004-2009) but left the club to play AFL with the Gold Coast Suns (2011-2014) playing 44 games

EventsSUEZ CANAL in Egypt was formerly opened after 10 years construction - 1869

DOUGLAS ENGELBART received the patent for the first COMPUTER MOUSE - 1970

WYNNE ROBERTS of England began playing the DRUMS a world record 564 hours (just over 23 days) - 1977

DENNIS LILLEE was fined $200 for kicking Pakistani captain JAVED MIANDAD - 1981

Andrew Lloyd Webberrsquos SUNSET BOULEVARD premiered on Broadway - 1994

DAVID DICKS 18 became the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo non-stop on the 10m sloop Sea Flight - 1996 The trip took 264 days

Australiarsquos first GLORIA JEANrsquoS COFFEE shop opened in Meranda Sydney - 1996 Named after Gloria Jean Kvetko Gloria Jeanrsquos Coffees began as a small coffee and gift shop in Chicago in August 1979

ENCHANTED MAZE GARDEN (then called Arthurrsquos Seat Maze) opened in Victoria - 1997

RUSSELL CROWE allegedly punched and bit a man on the neck in a footpath brawl outside the Shooterrsquos Saloon Bar nightclub in NSW - 1999

DON GIBSON US country singersongwriter died aged 75 - 2003 His biggest hits include the lsquo60s singles Oh Lonesome Me Sea Of Heartbreak and Blue Day

ARTHUR CONLEY US singer who sang Sweet Soul Music (rsquo67) died aged 57 - 2003

KIM BEAZLEY referred to ROVE McMANUS as Karl Rove (name of a US politician) when he extended his sympathies to ldquoKarl Roverdquo regarding the death of his wife Belinda Emmett - 2006

PETER GWYNNE Australian actor died aged 82 - 2011

JIMMY RUFFIN US singer who charted with What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (lsquo66) died aged 78 - 2014


Friday 18th November 2016

BirthsJOHNNY MERCER born in Savannah Georgia - 1909 (Died aged 66 - 1976) American lyricist and composer His songs can be heard in the Academy Award winning movies The Harvey Girls (lsquo46) Here Comes The Groom (lsquo51) and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (lsquo54) He wrote the words for the hit songs That Old Black Magic Moon River You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby Hooray For Hollywood and Jeepers Creepers

ALAN SHEPARD JNR born in East Derry New Hampshire - 1923 (Died aged 74 - 1998) US astronaut He was the first American in space in 1961 In 1969 he commanded the Apollo 14 moon-landing mission On the moon he took a six-iron and hit some golf balls into space

DAVID HEMMINGS (Leslie Edward) born in Guildford England - 1941 (Died aged 62 - 2003) British actor and director He was quite popular during the lsquo60s starring in films such as Blow Up (lsquo66) Camelot (lsquo67) The Charge Of The Light Brigade (lsquo68) and Barbarella (lsquo68) One of his last roles was playing Cassius in Gladiator (2000) He also acted in and directed several Australian and New Zealand movies including Thirst (lsquo79) Harlequin (lsquo80) and Race For The Yankee Zephyr (lsquo81) In 2003 he died of a heart attack while on a movie set in Romania

LINDA EVANS (Linda Evanstad) born in Connecticut - 1942 (74) American actress She played Krystle wife of Blake Carrington in the lsquo80s US soap series Dynasty In 1968 she married actor John Derek who was 16 years her senior The marriage lasted until 1974 when he met teen actress Bo Derek (whom he married) In 1965 she played a pop star in the Frankie AvalonAnnette Funicello beach party movie Beach Blanket Bingo

JAMESON PARKER born in Baltimore Maryland - 1947 (69) American actor He starred as AJ Simon in the lsquo80s TV series Simon amp Simon

ROSS WILSON born in Melbourne Victoria - 1947 (69) Australian singer songwriter and guitarist Hersquos the founder and lead vocalist with the bands Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock Daddy Who Daddy Cool was the biggest selling Australian album in 1971 It contained the giant hit Eagle Rock (which Wilson wrote) and the follow-up Come Back Again In 1989 he released his first solo album - Dark Side Of The Man with Bed Of Nails becoming his first national hit In 1974 he produced Skyhooks top selling album Living In The 70rsquos He wrote Touch of Paradise and Wersquore No Angels which were both successful recordings for John Farnham

GRAHAM PARKER born in East London England - 1950 (66) English singer His group Graham Parker and the Rumour had hits from 1976-1980 including Hey Lord Donrsquot Ask Me Questions Protection and Life Gets Better

PETER BEATTIE born in Sydney NSW - 1952 (64) Former Queensland Premier The Labor leader was elected to power in the 1998 state election In 2006 he was elected for another term as Premier however he stepped down from his role as Premier in September 2007 and retired from politics

KIM WILDE (Kim Smith) born in London England - 1960 (56) British singer and TV presenter Nowadays she is better known in the UK as a presenter on the TV program Better Gardens Her first hit was in 1981 with Kids In America followed by Chequered Love Cambodia View From A Bridge You Keep Me Hanginrsquo On and If I Canrsquot Have You Shersquos the daughter of lsquo60s pop singer Marty Wilde

ELIZABETH PERKINS born in Queens New York - 1960 (56) US actress Since 2005 shersquos played Celia in the TV series Weeds Her films include Big (rsquo88) and The Flintstones (rsquo94) - playing Wilma Provided the voice of Coral in Finding Nemo (2003)

ANTHONY WARLOW born in Wollongong NSW - 1961 (55) Australian singer He has starred in numerous local stage productions including Phantom Of The Opera Les Miserables The Secret Garden The Pirates of Penzance and Annie In 1996 he toured Australia with Sarah Brightman performing the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber In 1991 he won a battle against cancer and was given the all-clear after months of intense treatment

OWEN WILSON born in Dallas Texas - 1968 (48) US actor His films include Shanghai Noon (with Jackie Chan) the sequel Shanghai Knights Meet The Parents You Me and Dupree Marley And Me and Midnight In Paris He has been in 12 films with fellow actor and good friend Ben Stiller They include Starsky And Hutch and A Night At The Museum

PETA WILSON born in Sydney NSW - 1970 (46) Australian actress She starred in the 1997 US TV series Nikita (aka La Femme Nikita) and had a major role in the 2003 film The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

CHLOE SEVIGNY born in Massachusetts - 1974 (42) US actress and model She was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role in the 1999 film Boys Donrsquot Cry She had the lead role in the TV series Big Love

MATT WELSH born in Melbourne Victoria - 1976 (40) Olympic swimmer At the Sydney Olympics he won three medals - two silvers and a bronze He achieved the Australian record in the 100 metre backstroke in 1998 Married Lauren Newton daughter of Bert and Patti in November 2006 They were wed at the same Melbourne church that Laurenrsquos parents married

TRENT BARRETT born in Temora NSW - 1977 (39) Australian rugby league player He is the head coach of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Former captain of St George Illawarra Dragons (1999-2006) From 1996-1999 he played with Illawarra Steelers and from 2009-2010 he played with Cronulla-Sutherland

PICASSO (Kendal Nagorcka) born in - 1989 (27) Australian TV presenter She was a part of the Channel 9 childrenrsquos program The Shak

EventsTEDDY BEAR was named after US president Teddy Roosevelt by Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton - 1902

MICKEY MOUSE made his debut in the cartoon Steamboat Willie in New York - 1928

WA played in their first Sheffield Shield match and defeated SA in Perth by an innings and 124 runs - 1947

BEN-HUR starring Charlton Heston premiered at Loewrsquos Theatre in New York - 1959 It won 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director It was remade in 2015

PUSH BUTTON TELEPHONES were introduced by Americarsquos Bell Telephone company - 1963

An UNEMPLOYMENT figure of 12 was released in Australia - 1963

MARC BOLAN released his first single The Wizard - 1965 It flopped and it wasnrsquot until 1970 that he had his first T Rex hit with Ride A White Swan

ROMAN CATHOLIC church ended its law against eating meat on Fridays (except during Lent) - 1966

STORM BOY film premiered at Fair Lady Theatre in Adelaide - 1976

A COUNTRY PRACTICE began on Australian television - 1981

CALVIN amp HOBBES comic strip written by Bill Watterson made its newspaper debut - 1985

PAUL McCARTNEYrsquos birth certificate sold for $18000 at auction - 1990

Five billionth STUBBIE came off the production line at Brisbanersquos Milton Brewery - 1998

MICHAEL DOUGLAS 56 married CATHERINE ZETA-JONES 31 - 2000

55 TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES were ripped from top to bottom each with 1044 numbered pages in just 3 minutes by Ed Shelton of California - 2005

MINECRAFT computer game was launched in USA - 2011


Saturday 19th November 2016

BirthsMARGARET WHITLAM (Margaret Dovey) born in Sydney NSW - 1919 (Died aged 92 - 2012) Australian social worker tour guide and wife of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam They were married in 1942 and achieved the record for the longest marriage by an Australian Prime Minister and his wife Her husband died in October 2014

ALAN YOUNG (Angus Young) born in North Shields England - 1919 (Died aged 96 - 2016) English born Canadian actor He played Wilbur Post in the lsquo60s TV comedy Mr Ed He had a major role in the 1960 film The Time Machine He provided the voice of Uncle Scrooge in several Disney cartoon features

LARRY KING (Lawrence Zeiger) born in New York - 1933 (83) US radio and TV talk host He became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978 and then in 1985 began hosting the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN In June 2010 it was announced that he would step down as host of the show but would continue to host specials for CNN His last show aired on December 16 2010 Hersquos been married eight times to seven different women

TED TURNER (Robert Edward Turner) born in Ohio - 1938 (78) Owner and founder of CNN (Cable News Network) and Vice-Chairman of Time Warner IN 1991 he married Jane Fonda in a private ceremony at his Avalon Plantation on her 54th birthday They divorced in 2001 He skippered Courageous in the 1977 Americarsquos Cup win

DAN HAGGERTY born in Hollywood California - 1942 (Died aged 73 - 2016) American actor He starred with a grizzly bear cub called Ben in the lsquo70s television series The Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams He was originally an animal trainer and was chosen for the role because of his rapport with bears He died of spinal cancer in January 2016

CALVIN KLEIN (Richard Klein) born in New York New York - 1942 (74) US fashion designer In 1968 he established Calvin Klein Limited which produces clothes and accessories bearing his hallmark of simple elegant lines and luxury materials

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (John Cabe) born in - 1948 (Died aged 61 - 2010) Australian pop singer He had two No 1 hits in 1974 with the Harry VandaGeorge Young songs Canrsquot Stop Myself From Loving You and My Little Angel

ROBIN JOLLEY born in - 1950 (66) Australian singer He had his biggest hit in 1972 with the Brian CaddDon Mudie song Marshallrsquos Portable Music Machine

MEG RYAN (Margaret Hyra) born in Connecticut - 1961 (55) US actress and former wife of Dennis Quaid Her films include When Harry Met Sally Top Gun The Presidio Sleepless In Seattle French Kiss Yoursquove Got Mail and City of Angels

JODIE FOSTER (Alicia Foster) born in California - 1962 (54) US actress and director Her movies include - Alice Doesnrsquot Live Here Anymore (lsquo74) Bugsy Malone (lsquo76) Taxi Driver (lsquo76) Accused (lsquo89) The Silence Of The Lambs (lsquo90) Maverick (lsquo94) Anna amp The King of Siam (rsquo99) Panic Room (2002) and The Beaver (2011) She apparently chose a handsome scientist with a PhD and IQ of 160 to father her test tube baby who was born in 1998 Shersquos been performing professionally since the age of 3 when she appeared in US television commercials as the original lsquoCoppertone Girlrsquo

MARK THOMPSON born in Victoria - 1963 (53) Australian Rules footballer lsquoBomberrsquo played 202 games for Essendon from 1983-1996 playing in their 1984-rsquo85 premiership sides He also led Essendon in their 1993 premiership win In 2000 he was appointed coach of the Geelong Football Club and in 2007 coached them to their first premiership since 1963

PETER ROHDE born in - 1964 (52) VFL player with Melbourne and Carlton Appointed senior coach of the Western Bulldogs during the final round of 2002 (replacing Terry Wallace) He remained coach until the end of season 2004 Appointed Port Adelaidersquos Football Operation Manager in November 2004

ALEX LLOYD (Alex Wasiliev) born in Sydney NSW - 1974 (42) Australian singer His 2001 album Watching Angels Mend went double platinum and his third album Distant Light released in 2003 featured three songs that have made the Australian top 40 singles charts His biggest hit single is Amazing (2001) He won two ARIA awards for ldquoMale Artist of the Yearrdquo in 2000 and 2002

EventsABRAHAM LINCOLN delivered his famous Gettysburg Address - 1863

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH was first published in Sydney - 1939

SLIM DUSTY recorded his first disc When The Rain Tumbles Down In July - 1946 In 1958 he recorded his most famous song Pub With No Beer

PRINCE RAINIER III became the 30th ruling Prince of Monaco - 1949

JERRY LEE LEWIS aged 14 made his debut at the opening of a Ford dealership in Ferriday singing Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - 1949

ABC television (then ABV-2) opened in Melbourne - 1956

THE BEATLES double LP Magical Mystery Tour was released in UK - 1967

LITTLE RIVER BAND peaked at No 14 on the US chart with Help Is On Itrsquos Way - 1977

MUHAMMAD ALI 44 married his fourth (and final) wife Yolanda lsquoLonniersquo Williams 29 - 1986 They had one child together They adopted their son Asaad Amin when he was just five months old She says ldquoI had an epiphany when I was 17 - I knew I was going to marry Muhammad I was just a kid in school and I had things I needed to do but I knewrdquo

Worldrsquos SHORTEST DRIVING TEST took place in Adelaide - 1984 Licence examiner Rick Chattaway failed a male candidate in one second because in moving off he collided with another car - the examinerrsquos car

MILLI VANILLI were stripped of their Grammy Award for Best New Talent following the discovery that they had only mimed their hit songs - 1990

BOBBY RUSSELL American singersongwriter died aged 52 of heart disease - 1992

A COUNTRY PRACTICE went to air for the final time - 1994 The Australian TV soapie began in 1981 The final series of programs in 1994 were screened on Channel 10

BILL CLINTON arrived in Australia becoming only the third US president to visit down under - 1996

BOBBY McCAUGHEY of Iowa gave birth to four boys and three girls (all survived) - 1997 The septuplets named Kenneth Nathaniel Brandon Joel Kelsey Natalie and Alexis were born in the space of just 16 minutes

VINCENT VAN GOGHrsquoS lsquoPortrait of the Artist Without Beardrsquo sold at auction for US$715 million - 1998

SLIM DUSTY had his left kidney removed - 2001

GUY SEBASTIAN aged 22 was voted the Australian Idol winner - 2003 Sebastian from Adelaide defeated Shannon Noll The final TV program was held at the Sydney Opera House Over 3 million TV viewers watched the event

UK singer ROBBIE WILLIAMS entered the Guinness Book of Records by selling more than 16 million tickets for his world tour in just one day - 2005

MICHELLE LESLIE Australian model who was found guilty of possessing two ecstasy tablets and sentenced to three months jail was released from prison in Bali - 2005

BEN COUSINS (West Coast Eagles) was suspended for playing AFL football in 2008 for bringing the game into disrepute - 2007


Sunday 20th November 2016

BirthsGENE TIERNEY born in New York - 1920 (Died aged 70 - 1991) American actress She was very popular during the lsquo40s and often played socialites Her major films include The Ghost And Mrs Muir (rsquo47) Heaven Can Wait (lsquo43) Laura (lsquo44) The Razorrsquos Edge (lsquo46) and The Left Hand Of God (lsquo54) Her final film role was in 1964 in The Pleasure Seekers In 1980 she appeared in the mini-series Scruples

RAY PRICE born in Sydney NSW - 1921 (Died aged 68 - 1990) Australian jazz musician He came out of retirement in November 1989 but died in August 1990 after performing just a fortnight previous at the Mackay Jazz Festival

ROBERT KENNEDY born in Brookline Massachusetts - 1925 (Died aged 42 - 1968) US senator After completing a statement claiming victory in the 1968 California primary he was shot dead by an assassin He died just four and a half years after the assassination of his brother President John F Kennedy His son Michael died aged 39 in a skiing accident on New Yearrsquos eve 1997 His son David died of a drug overdose in 1984

ESTELLE PARSONS born in Lynn Massachusetts - 1927 (89) US actress She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the 1967 hit movie Bonnie And Clyde She played Roseannersquos mother in the TV sit-com Roseanne

SIR JAMES HARDY born in Seacliff SA - 1932 (84) Former Chairman of the Hardy Wine Company which is one of Australiarsquos largest wine producers He was also a champion yachtsman and won gold at the Olympic Games He married singermodelTV presenter Joan McInnes 46 in December 1991 It was the second marriage for both He skippered Australiarsquos American Cup challenge on three occasions

DICK SMOTHERS born in New York City New York - 1939 (77) American comedian and singer In the lsquo60s he and his brother Tommy hosted their own Smothers Brothers TV variety show

NORMAN GREENBAUM born in Massachusetts - 1942 (74) American singer He had one hit in 1970 with Spirit In The Sky It has appeared in the soundtracks of about 15 movies

DUANE ALLMAN born in Nashville Tennessee - 1946 (Died aged 24 - 1971) Founder and guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band The group had a big hit in Australia in 1973 with Ramblinrsquo Man His musician brother Gregg was once married to Cher

JOE WALSH born in Cleveland Ohio - 1947 (69) American rock guitarist He had a 1973 solo hit with Rocky Mountain Way In 1975 he joined the Eagles in 1975 replacing Bernie Leadon He reunited with the band when they embarked on their lsquoHell Freezes Overrsquo world tour He suffers from ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) He canrsquot play when therersquos a bright light in his eye as this triggers the ADD

BO DEREK (Mary Collins) born in Long Beach California - 1956 (60) US actress Her most successful movie role was 10 (lsquo79) - which starred Dudley Moore Most of her other films have been box-office bombs She met actordirector John Derek when she was 17 and they married a year later when she was 18 and he was 48 However despite the age difference they stayed together until his death in 1998 Since 2002 shersquos been in a relationship with John Corbett who played the groom in My Big Fat Greek Wedding

SEAN YOUNG (Mary Sean Young) born in Kentucky - 1959 (57) US actress Her films include - Blade Runner Dune Wall Street and Ace Ventura Pet Detective She was cast as Vicky Vale in Batman (1989) but was replaced with Kim Basinger after an injury sustained riding a horse

JOEL McHALE born in Rome Italy - 1971 (45) US actor and comedian He plays Jeff Winger in the TV comedy Community

SAV ROCCA (Saverio Rocca) born in Melbourne Victoria - 1973 (43) Former AFL player and US grid iron player In 2010 he signed a $12 million deal to be a punter for the Philadelphia Eagles in the US National Football League When he converted to American Football he made the history books as the oldest rookie in the history of the NFL taking the mantle from fellow Australian Ben Graham Sav played for the North Melbourne Football Club

NATHAN LYON born in Young NSW - 1987 (29) Australian cricketer He made his Test debut in 2011 Hersquos played Domestic cricket for ACT Comets SA Adelaide Strikers NSW and currently Sydney Sixers

RHYS WAKEFIELD born in Cairns Queensland - 1988 (28) Australian actor He played Lucas Holden in TVrsquos Home And Away from 2005 until 2008

MICHAEL CLIFFORD born in Sydney NSW - 1995 (21) Australian musician He plays guitar and is a vocalist with the band 5 Seconds Of Summer Their 2014 debut single She Looks So Perfect made No 1 in Australia and the UK

EventsROLLS-ROYCE company was formed by Charles Rolls and Frederick Royce - 1906 On this same day in 1931 they bought up Bentley Motors

PRINCESS ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA MARY 21 married LIEUTENANT PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN 26 in Westminster Abbey - 1947 A year later they had their first child a son Charles

CABARET musical opened on Broadway - 1966

PELE scored his 1000th goal in Rio De Janeiro - 1969

ALAN SHERMAN American comedy writer died aged 48 - 1973 He had a novelty hit single in 1963 with Hello Muddah Hello Fuddah

SIR ROBERT (ROBIN) ASKIN retired as NSW Premier - 1974

BOBBY DAZZLER starring Johnny Farnham began on Australian television - 1977 Maurie Fields played Bobby Dazzlerrsquos (Farnham) manager and father After 14 episodes the comedy series ceased production

SCOTT NEWMAN 28-year-old son of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward died (suicide) - 1978 He played a young fireman in the 1974 film The Towering Inferno which featured his father He also worked as a singer under the name of William Scott

McDONALDS president Edward Rensi made the companyrsquos 50 billionth burger at New York Cityrsquos Grand Hyatt Hotel - 1984

A BUGATTI ROYALE sold at auction for a world record price for a motor vehicle of $1412 million - 1987

FAMILY FEUD hosted by Robert Brough premiered on Channel 7 - 1989

QUEEN ELIZABETHrsquos residence at Windsor Castle suffered extensive damage due to fire - 1992

US musician DAVID CROSBY received a liver transplant - 1994

PRINCESS DIANA acknowledged adultery and questioned the suitability of Prince Charles to become the King of England in an hour long television interview - 1995

HEY HEY ITrsquoS SATURDAY ended after 28 years on Australian television - 1999 It was revived for a series of specials in 2009 and then returned as a regular program in 2010

RAYMOND ALLEN GRAY JNR a 39 year old American officially changed his name to BUBBA BUBBA BUBBA - 2003

JANINE HAINES Australian Democrats leader (1986-1990) and the first woman to lead an Australian political party died aged 59 - 2004

SUSAN BOYLErsquos album I Dreamed A Dream was released in Australia and became the biggest selling album of the year - 2009

ADELE released her third album 25 globally - 2015


Monday 21st November 2016

BirthsNORM SMITH born in Victoria - 1915 (Died aged 57 - 1973) Australian Rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy Smith began a 20 year coaching career including a fifteen-year stint at Melbourne He coached Melbourne to six premierships

MARLO THOMAS (Margaret Thomas) born in Detroit Michigan - 1937 (79) American actress The daughter of Danny Thomas starred in the TV series That Girl (1966 -rsquo71) She married TV talk show host Phil Donahue in 1980

JULIET MILLS born in London England - 1941 (75) English actress Shersquos the older sister of Hayley Mills and daughter of the late Sir John Mills She starred in the TV series Nanny and the Professor (lsquo70 -rsquo71)

GRAHAME BOND born in Sydney NSW - 1943 (73) Australian comedian and TV presenter He played Aunty Jack in the ABC comedy program The Aunty Jack Show For six years he was a presenter on Better Homes and Gardens He has also appeared in the US TV series BeastMaster (1999-2001) as The Ancient One Aunty Jackrsquos most famous line began at the home of director Peter Weir Grahame was being annoyed by some kids and barked - ldquoYou horrible little kids if you do that one more time Irsquoll rip your bloody arms offrdquo

GOLDIE HAWN born in Washington DC - 1945 (71) US actress She began her career as a regular in the lsquo60s comedy program Laugh In Her movies include Therersquos A Girl In My Soup (lsquo70) Foul Play (lsquo78) Private Benjamin (lsquo80) and Overboard (lsquo87) which co-starred Kurt Russell She has been in a relationship with Kurt since 1983 Her lsquo90s films include Bird On a Wire Housesitter (with Steve Martin) Death Becomes Her and First Wives Club Her daughter Kate Hudson is also an actress

ROSS D WYLLIE born in Brisbane Queensland - 1944 (72) Australian singer and TV compere He had two big hits in 1969 - Funny Man written by Ray Stevens and The Star penned by Johnny Young He was the host of the weekend TV pop shows Uptight and Happening lsquo70

BRUCE LAIRD born in Perth WA - 1950 (66) Australian cricketer The former opening batsman represented his own state of Western Australia as well as Australia in Test cricket

NEIL MITCHELL born in Melbourne Victoria - 1951 (65) Melbourne talk back radio presenter He joined 3AW in 1987 and can be heard on their weekday morning program In 2007 he was inducted into Commercial Radiorsquos Hall Of Fame In October 2016 he won his 20th ACRA (radio) Award

LORNA LUFT born in Santa Monica California - 1952 (64) US actress and sister of Liza Minnelli She played Nurse Libby in TVrsquos Trapper John

GLENN RIDGE born in Adelaide SA - 1955 (61) Australian radio and TV presenter Hersquos the breakfast radio announcer on Magic 1278 Melbourne The radio show also airs in Brisbane on Magic 882 He was host of TVrsquos Sale of The Century from 1991-2001 NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN born in England - 1963 (53) American actress She plays Edie Britt in TVrsquos Desperate Housewives From 1986-1993 she played Paige Matheson in Knotrsquos Landing She was briefly married to actor Harry Hamlin (rsquo91-rsquo93) She became engaged to singer Michael Bolton in 2006 They separated in 2008

BJORK (Bjork Gudmundsdottir) born in Iceland - 1965 (51) Icelandic singer In 1996 Bjork (pron Bee-yerk) had one of her biggest hits with a revival of Itrsquos Oh So Quiet Her second album Post peaked at No 2 in Australia In 2011 she released the album Biophilia

JUSTIN LANGER born in Perth WA - 1970 (46) Australian cricketer Hersquos played for Western Australia Australia and Middlesex He made his Test debut 1992-1993 and made an impressive 127 in a Test winning partnership with Adam Gilchrist against Pakistan in Hobart 19992000 Made his highest Test score of 250 against England in Melbourne in 200203

JUSTINE CLARKE born in Sydney NSW - 1971 (45) Australian actress and jazz vocalist Justine is also well known for playing played Roo Stewart in Home And Away She played Bernadette in the ABC television series The Time of Our Lives the divorced wife of Frank Woodley in the 2012 ABC comedy Woodley and appeared in the mini-series Come In Spinner She starred in the short-lived TV series The Surgeon She was a presenter on Play School and has also released music DVDs for children

CARLY RAE JEPSEN born in British Columbia Canada - 1985 (31) Canadian singersongwriter In 2007 she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol In 2012 she made No 1 in Australia with the single Call Me Maybe It also made No 1 in 18 other countries The single Good Time recorded with Owl City made No 5 in Australia in 2012

COLLEEN BALLINGER born in Santa Barbara California - 1986 (30) US comedienne She is best known for playing the character of Miranda Sings She has posted more than 400 comical videos on YouTube

EventsGEELONG ADVERTISER Victoriarsquos oldest morning newspaper was published for the first time - 1840

THOMAS EDISON announced the invention of his ldquotalking machinerdquo which became known as the gramophone - 1877

US actor JOHNNY WEISSMULLER who played Tarzan swam 100 yards in just 52 seconds - 1921

HUME RESERVOIR on the Murray River officially opened - 1936

SYLVESTER THE CAT made his cartoon debut - 1941

ELVIS PRESLEY took his last unaccompanied walk in a city street - 1955

LITTLE TOKYO Brisbanersquos first Japanese restaurant opened for business - 1966 Originally in Charlotte St it moved to Spring Hill It is Australiarsquos longest running Japanese restaurant and Queenslandrsquos longest running restaurant

THE BEATLES released the two-record The White Album in the UK US and Australia - 1968

QUEEN released their Night At The Opera album - 1975 Their next album was also the title of a Marx Brothers movie - A Day At The Races

RED DOG who inspired the 2011 Australian movie died aged 8 - 1979 Red Dog was a kelpiecattle dog cross that was well known for his travels through WArsquos Pilbara region A statue was installed in his memory in Dampier It is believed that he was deliberately poisoned in 1979 by strychnine

DALLAS became the most watched program in US TV history - 1980 The episode revealed who shot JR The record was beaten in 1983 when the final program of MASH was shown

MICHAEL JACKSONrsquos 14-minute Thriller video premiered in Los Angeles - 1983

BRUCE WILLIS married DEMI MOORE in Las Vegas - 1987 They divorced in 2000

MICK JAGGER married JERRY HALL in Bali - 1990 Their marriage ended in 1999

MRS MARIA MOON of Corrimal NSW gave birth to her third set of twins - 1990

THE BEATLES first new song in 25 years Free As A Bird was released - 1995

PHIL SPECTOR was charged with the murder of 40-year-old actress LANA CLARKSON 9 months after she was found shot at his LA home - 2003

CASEY DONOVAN aged 16 was crowned TVrsquos Australian Idol - 2004 Anthony Callea was runner-up


Tuesday 22nd November 2016

BirthsRODNEY DANGERFIELD (Jacob Cohen) born in Babylon New York - 1921 (Died aged 82 - 2004) US comedian He starred in the movies Easy Money (rsquo83) and Back To School (rsquo86)

ROBERT VAUGHN born in New York New York - 1932 (84) American actor He plays Albert Stroller in the UK TV series Hustle (2004-2012) He is best known for playing agent Napoleon Solo in the lsquo60s TV spy series The Man From UNCLE

TERRY GILLIAM (Terence Gilliam) born in Minnesota - 1940 (76) American director and illustrator He was the only non-UK member of Monty Pythonrsquos Flying Circus His contribution to the program was largely in providing animated graphics Gilliam directed the movies Time Bandits (lsquo81) Brazil (lsquo85) The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen (lsquo88) The Fisher King (lsquo91) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

TOM CONTI (Thomas Conti) born in Scotland - 1941 (75) Scottish stage and screen actor He can be seen in the films Reuben Reuben (rsquo83) Shirley Valentine (lsquo90) and Saving Grace (rsquo85)

GLORIA JEAN (Gloria Jean Kevetko) born in US - 1941 (75) Founder of Gloria Jeanrsquos Coffees along with her husband Ed in 1979 It is now 100 Australian owned and has opened over 1000 coffee houses across 39 markets worldwide including over 460 in Australia Gloria Jeanrsquos Coffees began as a small coffee and gift shop in Chicago Their first shop opened in Australia in 1996

BILLIE JEAN KING born in Long Beach California - 1943 (73) US tennis champion She won a record 20 titles at Wimbledon from 1961 to 1979 winning the US Open four times and the womenrsquos title at Wimbledon on six occasions She beat Bobby Riggs in the ldquoBattle of the Sexesrdquo in 1973 and pocketed $100000 She was part of the inspiration behind Elton Johnrsquos 1975 hit Philadelphia Freedom

GARY DEMPSEY born in Victoria - 1948 (68) VFL footballer He played with Footscray and North Melbourne He won the Brownlow Medal in 1975 and to date has polled more Brownlow votes than any player in history

TINA WEYMOUTH (Martina Weymouth) born in Coronado California - 1950 (66) Bass guitarist with US band Talking Heads Her husband Chris Frantz was the drummer They also headed their own group The Tom Tom Club Their song Genius Of Love was sampled in Mariah Careyrsquos 1995 hit Fantasy

JAMIE LEE CURTIS born in Los Angeles California - 1958 (58) American actress and daughter of Tony Curtis and his former wife Janet Leigh She appeared in a number of horror films but reversed the trend when she played the romantic lead in the 1988 comedy hit movie A Fish Called Wanda Her other films include True Lies Freaky Friday and Christmas With The Kranks She married actor and Spinal Tap star Christopher Guest

MARIEL HEMINGWAY born in Ketcham Idaho - 1961 (55) US actress Her films include - Lipstick Manhattan and Superman IV Shersquos the sister of the late Margaux Hemingway and the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway

ROBBIE SLATER born in Lancashire England - 1964 (52) Australian soccer player He played for the Socceroos as well as first grade football for France and England Hersquos now an analyst and commentator on FOX Sports

BORIS BECKER born in Leiman Germany - 1967 (49) German tennis champion and now coach In 1985 at the age of 17 years 7 months he became the youngest menrsquos Wimbledon winner He was also the first German and the first unseeded player He won at Wimbledon three times once at the US Open and at the Australian Open in 1991 and 1996 Hersquos been the coach of Novak Djokovic since 2014

MARK RUFFALO born in Kenosha Wisconsin - 1967 (49) US actor director and producer He has portrayed the Marvel Comics character Dr Bruce Banner The Hulk in The Avengers (2012) and Avengers Age of Ultron (2015) For his roles in The Kids Are All Right (2010) and Foxcatcher (2014) he received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor

KAREN O (Karen Orzolek) born in South Korea - 1978 (38) Lead singer with the US indie rock band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Since their inception the band has composed of Karen O guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase

SCARLETT JOHANSSON born in New York - 1984 (32) US actress and singer Her films include The Horse Whisperer (rsquo98) Ghost World (2001) The Prestige (2006) Nanny Diaries (2007) and Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010) Shersquos also played the Black WidowNatasha Romanoff in the Captain America and Avengers movies

OSCAR PISTORIUS born in South Africa - 1986 (30) South African sprint runner and convicted murderer At the 2012 Summer Olympics Pistorius became the first double-leg amputee to participate in the Olympics On Valentinersquos Day in 2013 Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend model Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home He claimed he had mistaken her for an intruder hiding in the bathroom but he was arrested and charged with murder There has been a series of trials but on 6 July 2016 the judge extended Pistoriusrsquo sentence to six years imprisonment for murder

EventsBIRO ballpoint pen went on sale for the first time (invented by Hungarian Laslo Biro) - 1946

OLYMPIC GAMES began in Melbourne - 1956 It was the first Olympic Games to be held in the Southern hemisphere Australian gold medal winners included Betty Cuthbert Shirley Strickland Murray Rose and Dawn Fraser The Olympic Flame was lit at the stadium by Ron Clarke burning his arm in the process

C S LEWIS English writer of the Narnia Chronicles died aged 64 - 1963

THE BEATLES released their second album With The Beatles in the UK - 1963

PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY aged 46 was assassinated in Dallas Texas - 1963

JERRY LEE LEWIS was arrested for lsquopublic intoxicationrsquo and possession of a firearm after storming the gates of Graceland waving a gun and demanding to see Elvis Presley - 1976

MIKE TYSON 20 became the youngest ever world heavyweight boxing champion when he defeated Trevor Berbick in two rounds - 1986

MARGARET THATCHER resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain - 1990

GARTH LAWRENCE (Christchurch NZ) collected his 10000th autograph - 1994 It was from Singaporersquos Prime Minister Lawrence had been collecting autographs for over 35 years

TOY STORY the first computer animated motion picture opened in US cinemas - 1995

MICHAEL HUTCHENCE INXS lead singer died aged 37 - 1997 According to the coroner he deliberately hung himself after using a belt as a noose at Sydneyrsquos Ritz-Carlton He wrote ldquoI am satisfied that the deceased intended and did take his own liferdquo

KERRY PACKER underwent a kidney operation after receiving a kidney from his 60-year-old helicopter pilot Nicholas lsquoBigglesrsquo Ross - 2000

ENGLAND defeated Australia at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney to win the World Cup rugby final - 2003

FRIENDS final episode was shown on Australian television - 2004

FRASIER final episode went to air on Australian television - 2005

BRYCE COURTENAY Australian author died aged 79 - 2012 He wrote 21 books The most notable was The Power Of One published in 1989


ARIA Awards (Star Event Centre - Sydney)

Wednesday 23rd November 2016

BirthsBORIS KARLOFF (William Pratt) born in London England - 1887 (Died aged 81 - 1969) Hollywood horror film star He appeared in 140 pictures but made his name in Frankenstein (lsquo31) playing the role of the monster He created the character of The Mummy for the 1932 hit movie The Mummy

HARPO MARX born in New York - 1888 (Died aged 75 - 1964) American comedian He starred with his brothers in the series of Marx Brothers comedy films He wore a blonde curly wig communicated by honking a horn and in each film played the harp - hence his stage-name lsquoHarporsquo

LEW HOAD born in Glebe Sydney - 1934 (Died aged 59 - 1994) Australian tennis champion He was Australiarsquos youngest male singles winner at Wimbledon winning the title aged 22 in 1956 and again in 1957 He also won a US championship Australian championship and 17 of 21 Davis Cup matches played between 1953 and 1956

TONY BONNER born in Manly NSW - 1943 (73) Australian actor His first starring role was playing Jerry King in Skippy He also starred in Skyways Carsonrsquos Law and appeared in two episodes of Murder She Wrote

ALAN PAUL born in Newark New Jersey - 1949 (67) US vocalist with the group Manhattan Transfer The quartet formed in 1969 They had their biggest hit in Australia in 1977 with Chanson Drsquo Amour

SHARON OrsquoNEILL born in Nelson New Zealand - 1952 (64) New Zealand singer Her biggest hit is Maxine It made the national top 10 in 1983 She co-wrote Dragonrsquos 1989 hit Young Years

BRUCE HORNSBY born in Williamsburg Virginia - 1954 (62) US singer keyboardist and accordionist His band Bruce Hornsby amp The Range had a hit in 1986 with The Way It Is - which made No 1 in the US

SHANE GOULD-INNES born in Sydney NSW - 1956 (60) Australian swimmer At the age of 15 she became Australiarsquos youngest Olympic gold medal winner She won three gold medals in swimming events at the 1972 Munich Olympics and set world records in five different freestyle events In 1972 she was also named Australian of the Year She retired soon afterwards at the age of 16 due to the pressures of international swimming

MERV HUGHES (Mervyn Hughes) born in Euroa Victoria - 1961 (55) Australian cricketer and Test selector He played in 53 Tests and took 212 wickets One of his best efforts was in the second Test against the West Indies in Perth in 1988-89 when he took 13 wickets He also played for Victoria and the Canberra Comets

TROY DANN born in Alice Springs NT - 1967 (49) Australian TV presenter He fronted the TV program Outback Adventures He was a 1999 Logie nominee for Most Popular New Male Talent

ASAFA POWELL born in Jamaica - 1982 (34) Jamaican sprinter He specialises in the 100 metres He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 977 and 974 seconds respectively Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition with his personal best of 972 sec being the fifth fastest time in the history of the event

MILEY CYRUS (Destiny Hope Cyrus) born in Nashville Tennessee - 1992 (24) US actress and singer Star of the TV sit-com Hannah Montana Shersquos the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus who also appeared in the show In 2013 she made No 1 on the ARIA album chart with Bangerz She has received criticism for the promotional film clip for her 2013 No 1 hit Wrecking Ball which featured her naked and writhing on a wrecking ball Her other hits include See You Again 7 Things (I Hate About You) The Climb and Party In The USA

EventsWorldrsquos first JUKE BOX was installed in the Palais Royal Hotel San Francisco - 1889

PENCIL SHARPENER was patented by J L Love - 1897

VIOLET CRUMBLE bar trademark was registered - 1921 It was launched in 1923 by Hoadleys

2SB (later called 2BL) Australiarsquos first radio station began broadcasting in Sydney - 1923

MINTIES trademark was registered - 1926 The popular Australian sweet first went on sale in 1922 In 1927 the successful - ldquoItrsquos moments like these you need Mintiesrdquo campaign was launched

LIFE magazine was published for the first time in America - 1936

lsquoSHEMPrsquo HOWARD (Three Stooges) died aged 60 - 1955 He suffered a massive heart attack and died in the back seat of a taxi He was on his way home from a boxing match

DOCTOR WHO began on British television - 1963 It didnrsquot commence on Australian television until 1965 The first to play the role of Dr Who was William Hartnell

BOBBY HEBB wrote his 1966 hit Sunny - 1963 He wrote the song after two tragedies The death of President Kennedy (the day before) and the death of his brother who was mugged and killed on the same day He eventually recorded the song three years later

JOHN FARNHAMrsquos debut single Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) was released - 1967

Australiarsquos biggest BANK ROBBERY (to date) occurred at the Bank of NSW at Murwillumbah NSW with thieves netting $17 million - 1978 The thieves were never caught and the robbery was never solved

TOM EVANS (Badfinger) committed suicide aged 36 - 1983 Fellow Badfinger member Peter Ham also committed suicide in 1975 The pair wrote their hits Day After Day No Matter What as well as Without You - which became a huge hit for Nilsson

ANZ BANK opened for business on Saturday mornings - 1991 Over 40 branches in NSW and Victoria opened for trading - the first weekend banking of its kind in nearly 20 years

QUESTACON the National Science and Technology Centre was opened in Canberra by Prime Minister Bob Hawke - 1988 It has more than 200 interactive exhibits relating to science and technology

TOMMY BOYCE US singersongwriter committed suicide aged 50 - 1994 He left behind several suicide notes Hersquod been struggling with illness as well as depression

AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM equalled the record of 11 successive Test wins (set by West Indies in 1984) - 2000 It was achieved at the Gabba v West Indies Australia set a new record of 16 consecutive wins on 27 February 2001 vs India

Over 2000 BARRY WHITE FANS demanded to have their money refunded when they walked out of his Sydney concert complaining about a bad sound system and his lateness on stage - 2000

PETER BROCK 58 (teaming with Todd Kelly Jason Bright and Greg Murphy) won his 10th race at the venue in the 2nd (and last) Bathurst 24 hour endurance race - 2003

CARLTON AFL football club was fined $930000 and received several draft penalties in relation to salary cap breaches - 2003

TIGER AIRWAYS (part owned by Singapore Airlines) launched in Australia - 2007

SUSAN BOYLErsquos debut album I Dreamed A Dream was released in UK - 2009 It became the best selling album in Australia in 2009

SPICKS amp SPECKS final program aired on television - 2011

DARRYN LYONS former paparazzo and entrepreneur was declared the Mayor of Geelong after the distribution of preferences - 2013 In April 2016 the Victorian Government dismissed Lyons along with the rest of the Greater Geelong City Council following a Commission of Inquiry



BirthsHENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC born in France - 1864 (Died aged 36 - 1901) French painter and illustrator One of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period

DALE CARNEGIE born in Missouri - 1888 (Died aged 66 - 1955) American author He wrote the best selling motivational book How To Win Friends and Influence People which was published in 1936

HOWARD DUFF born in Bremerton Washington - 1913 (Died aged 76 - 1990) American actor He played Paul Galveston for a few seasons in the TV soap series Knots Landing and also featured in the short lived series Flamingo Road One of his best known movie roles was in the 1948 film Naked City

DONALD lsquoDUCKrsquo DUNN born in Memphis Tennessee - 1941 (Died aged 70 - 2012) Bass player with Booker T amp The MGrsquos who had their biggest instrumental hit in 1969 with Time Is Tight He played a member of the Blues Brothers band in the Blues Brothers movie

PETE BEST (Randolph Peter Best) born in India - 1941 (75) Former Beatles drummer When the Beatles formed in 1960 he became their drummer but was fired during their first recording sessions in 1962 and replaced by Ringo Starr

BILLY CONNOLLY born in Glasgow Scotland - 1942 (74) Scottish comedian and actor He has had starring roles in several films including Mrs Brown (rsquo98) and The Man Who Sued God (2001) Also had roles in The Last Samurai (2003) and Lemony Snicketrsquos A Series Of Unfortunate Events (2004) He played Dain Ironfoot in the first Hobbit movie He has had surgery for prostate cancer and is being treated for the ldquoinitial symptomsrdquo of Parkinsonrsquos disease He married New Zealand born comedienne Pamela Stephenson in 1989

SHANE BOURNE born in Melbourne Victoria - 1949 (67) Australian comedian actor and TV host He was host of the TV shows Thank God Yoursquore Here and How The Hell Did We Get Here Hersquos also well known for playing Bill lsquoHappyrsquo Henderson in the ABC TV series MDA and is a part of the cast of the drama series City Homicide which premiered in 2007 and ended in 2011 For several years he appeared with Maurie Fields on Hey Hey Itrsquos Saturday presenting The Great Aussie Joke He hosted the lsquo90s version of Blankety Blanks and starred in the unsuccessful TV comedy series Bingles In 2012 he appeared in the short-lived drama Tricky Business

SIR IAN BOTHAM born in Cheshire England - 1955 (61) English cricketer and former Test captain He played in 102 Tests captained England on 12 occasions and spent some time in Australia playing for Queensland In 1993 he retired after playing for Durham against Australia He achieved a number of Test records as an all-rounder including being the fastest (in terms of matches) to achieve the ldquodoublesrdquo of 1000 runs and 100 wickets 2000 runs and 200 wickets and 3000 runs and 300 wickets He was the first player to score 5000 runs and take 300 Test wickets and the first to score a century and take 10 wickets in the same Test match

DENISE CROSBY born in Hollywood California - 1957 (59) US actress and granddaughter of Bing Crosby She played Lt Tasha Yar in a season of Star Trek The Next Generation

TRACEY WICKHAM born in Rosebud Victoria - 1962 (54) Australian swimmer She represented her country in the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976 when she was only 13 She was the holder of five world swimming records when she first retired in 1982 after winning two gold medals at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games Her daughter Hannah died aged 19 in 2007 after she lost her three-year fight against cancer

ALISTAIR McGOWAN born in England - 1964 (52) UK comedian impressionist and actor Starred in TV series The Gil Mayo Mysteries

DAN FALZON born in - 1972 (44) Australian actor He played the role of Rick Alessi in Neighbours (rsquo92-rsquo95)

RYAN MOLONEY born in Victoria - 1979 (37) Australian actor He plays lsquoToadieToadfishrsquo Rebecchi in the TV soapie Neighbours Joined the cast in 1995

REECE MASTIN born in Scunthorpe England - 1994 (22) British-Australian singer-songwriter He was the 2011 winner of the third season of The X Factor (Australia) His debut single Good Night made No 1 in Australia and NZ and became Sony Music Australiarsquos fastest selling digital single His self-titled debut album made No 2 on the ARIA Chart Shout It Out became his 2nd No 1 hit single Shut Up and Kiss Me made No 2

EventsABEL TASMAN discovered Tasmania which he named Van Diemenrsquos Land - 1642

First GRACE GIBSON production aired on Australian radio - 1944 The show was called Here Are The Facts and it aired on Sydneyrsquos 2CH to be followed in the new year by The Drama Of Medicine From there Miss Grace Gibson turned her productions into the largest serial producer in Australia

GUYS amp DOLLS musical written by Frank Loesser premiered in New York City - 1950

GIGI starring Audrey Hepburn opened on Broadway - 1951 The musical was written by Lerner and Loewe

THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS hosted by David Frost began on UK television - 1962

LEE HARVEY OSWALD aged 24 was shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack Ruby - 1963 Oswald is believed to have assassinated President John F Kennedy only 2 days earlier

YOUNG RASCALS recorded Good Lovinrsquo - 1965

First BRAILLE ATLAS of the world (produced in Queensland) was launched - 1989

CYNDI LAUPER married actor David Thornton - 1991 They were wed at a Quaker house of worship by Little Richard

ERIC CARR (born Paul Caravello) Kiss drummer died aged 41 of cancer - 1991 He joined the band in 1980 replacing Peter Criss

FREDDIE MERCURY lead singer for Queen died aged 45 of AIDS - 1991

MRS DOUBTFIRE starring Robin Williams opened in US cinemas - 1993

Final episode of LA LAW was shown in Australia - 1994

Final MIDDAY show hosted by Derryn Hinch went to air - 1994 The following day Derryn shaved off his beard He replaced Ray Martin who stepped down as host at the end of 1993

CROWDED HOUSE gave their final lsquoFarewell To The Worldrsquo concert outside the Sydney Opera House - 1996 Promoters estimated about 150000 fans were within a kilometre radius of the venue with 70000 crammed in the small area near the front of the stage The concert was originally to be held the day before but was delayed a day due to rain They reunited in 2006 and in 2010 undertook a world tour

GUY SEBASTIAN Australian Idol winner released his debut single Angels Brought Me Here - 2003

NONI HAZLEHURST appeared as a host on TVrsquos Better Homes and Gardens for the final time - 2004 She was with the program for 10 years

KEVIN RUDD Australian Labor Party leader was elected Prime Minister of Australia - 2007 He stepped down as PM in June 2010 and was replaced by Julia Gillard

RON VAN BRUCHEM (Netherlands) solved a Rubikrsquos Cube puzzle in a record time of 955 seconds - 2007

BERT NEWTON had six hour quadruple by pass surgery - 2012


White Ribbon Day Friday 25th November 2016

BirthsREVEREND JOHN FLYNN born in Victoria - 1880 (Died aged 70 - 1951) Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service - the worldrsquos first air ambulance It began in the Australian outback in 1928 The first flight was from Cloncurry in Queensland His grave is in Alice Springs

JOE DI MAGGIO born in California - 1914 (Died aged 84 - 1999) American baseball star of the lsquo30s and lsquo40s He led the New York Yankees in 10 World Series titles In 1954 he married Marilyn Monroe It was the second marriage for both but was to last less than one year

NOEL NEILL born in Miinneapolis Minnesota - 1920 (Died aged 95 - 2016) US actress She is best remembered for playing Lois Lane in the 1950s TV series The Adventures Of Superman

PERCY SLEDGE born in Alabama - 1941 (Died aged 74 - 2015) American singer He had his biggest hit in 1966 with When A Man Loves A Woman It made No 1 in the US

BEN STEIN (Benjamin Stein) born in Washington DC - 1944 (72) US actor writer and commentator He was a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford As an actor he is best known for his role as a teacher in the lsquo80s film Ferris Buellerrsquos Day Off and the line ldquoBueller Buellerrdquo

BOB LIND born in Baltimore Ohio - 1942 (74) American singer He had his only hit in 1966 with his composition Elusive Butterfly

JOHN LARROQUETTE born in New Orleans Louisiana - 1947 (69) American actor and former disc jockey He starred in his own TV series The John Larroquette Show Hersquos also had major roles in the TV seriesrsquo Night Court Baa Baa Black Sheep West Wing and Boston Legal

KERRY OrsquoKEEFFE born in Hurstville Sydney - 1949 (67) Australian cricketer and former ABC cricket commentator The NSW spin bowler played in 24 Test matches and retired in 1981 He was nicknamed lsquoSkullrsquo because he looked like popular lsquo60s wrestler lsquoSkullrsquo Murphy

YVONNE KENNY born in Sydney NSW - 1950 (66) Australian soprano Provided the voice for the title role in the TV mini-series Melba about the soprano Dame Nellie Melba

IMRAN KHAN born in Pakistan - 1952 (64) Pakistani cricketer (lsquo71-rsquo92) and politician Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team He was only 18 when he made his international debut In 1992 he played in his last World Cup - which Pakistan won Some sources say born Oct 5

AMY GRANT born in Augusta Georgia - 1960 (56) American singer She recorded her first gospel music album when she was only 17 Baby Baby was her first No 1 solo hit in the US In 1986 she recorded a duet with Peter Cetera - Next Time I Fall which also made No 1 in the US In 2000 she married country singer Vince Gill

MIKE LARKAN born in - 1964 (52) Australian TV weather presenter In 1996 he joined Network Ten news in Melbourne as their chief weather presenter

JOHN F KENNEDY JR born in Washington DC - 1960 (Died aged 38 - 1999) Son of President John F Kennedy and publisher of his own political magazine In 1996 he married Carolyn Bessette In 1999 they were both killed in a plane accident along with Carolynrsquos sister

SCOTT CAM (Scott Caminetti) born in Sydney NSW - 1962 (54) Australian TV presenter A qualified carpenter he is the host of The Block and has also been seen on the other lifestyle programs Backyard Blitz Domestic Blitz and Renovation Rescue In 2014 he won a Gold and Silver Logie

TIM FREEDMAN born in Sydney NSW - 1964 (52) Australian singersongwriter and keyboard player Hersquos the frontman for the band The Whitlams Their biggest hits were in 2000 with Blow Up The Pokies and Fall For You Also had success with No Aphrodisiac released in 1997 He says one of the highlights of his career was receiving the ARIA award for ldquoBest Albumrdquo from Gough Whitlam - whom his band were named after

NICKY BUCKLEY (Nicole Buckley) born in - 1965 (51) Hostess on Sale of The Century She joined the program as a model in 1990 and took over the role as co-host in 1993

JILL HENNESSY born in Alberta Canada - 1968 (48) Canadian actress Starred as Dr Jordan Cavanaugh in the TV series Crossing Jordan and Claire Kincaid in Law And Order

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE born in Los Angeles California - 1971 (45) American actress She played Kelly Bundy in the TV comedy MarriedWith Children Star of the TV series Samantha Who and in her own TV sit-com Jesse Underwent double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer to prevent the illness returning

PETER SIDDLE born in Morwell Victoria - 1984 (32) Australian Test cricketer He is a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler In 2005 he made his first-class debut playing for Victoria He made his Test debut in 2008 In 2016 he became the 100th Australian player to reach 1000 Test runs

JAMIE GRACE born in Atlanta Georgia - 1991 (25) US gospel singersongwriter Her biggest hits are Hold Me (with Toby Mac) (2011) and Beautiful Day (2013) In 2016 UK singer Adele invited Jamie onstage at the Staples Centre not realising Grace is a Grammy-nominated Christian artist Grace was just a fan lucky enough to score good seats when Adele invited her up

EventsDYNAMITE was patented in the US by Alfred Noble - 1867

EVAPORATED MILK was patented by John Mayenberg of St Louis Missouri - 1884

AGATHA CHRISTIErsquos play The Mousetrap opened in London - 1952 This London production holds the world record for the lsquolongest continuous theatrical runrsquo It has been watched by more than ten million visitors and has starred more than 340 actors and actresses

JOHN LENNON returned his MBE to the Queen - 1969 It was in protest regarding Britainrsquos foreign policy towards Biafra and Vietnam

US SPEED LIMIT was reduced from 70mph to 55mph - 1973Since 1994 many states have increased speeds back to 70mph

THE BAND split up - 1976 Their final concert was filmed and later released as a movie titled The Last Waltz

PAT OrsquoSHANE became the first Aboriginal woman to head a government department when she was appointed head of NSWrsquos Department of Aboriginal Affairs - 1981

BAND AID recorded Do They Know Itrsquos Christmas - 1984 It was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure

RAY MARTIN hosted his final Midday show - 1993

THE WIGGLES became the first Australian group to appear in Americarsquos famous Macyrsquos Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York - 2001

STUART APPLEBY won the Australian Open - 2001

The final KERRI-ANNE program hosted by Kerri-Anne Kennerley aired on the Nine Network - 2011 The program debuted on 28 October 2002 It was replaced by Mornings hosted by Sonia Kruger and David Campbell

Australian Test cricketer PHILLIP HUGHES was struck in the neck by a cricket ball while batting for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match against NSW and died in hospital two days later - 2014( More info on November 30)



Births

CHARLES M SCHULZ born in Minneapolis Minnesota - 1922 (Died aged 77 - 2000) American cartoonist Creator of Peanuts The comic made its debut in 1950 The four original members were Charlie Brown Snoopy Patty and Sherman

ROBERT GOULET (Stanley Applebaum) born in Lawrence Massachusetts - 1933 (Died aged 73 - 2007) US singer and actor He was popular during the lsquo60s through his album recordings movie roles and as star of the stage musical Camelot In the rsquo80s he had cameo roles in the comedy films Beetlejuice and Scrooged He also was one of the stars in Naked Gun 2 12 The Smell Of Fear

RICH LITTLE (Richard Little) born in Ottawa Ontario - 1938 (78) Canadian voice impressionist variety show TV host and comedian He made countless guest appearances on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TINA TURNER (Annie Mae Bullock) born in Nutbush Tennessee - 1939 (77) American singer Her solo career took off in 1984 with the No 1 hit Whatrsquos Love Got To Do With It Her biggest solo hit is (Simply) The Best which first charted in 1989 and again in 1992 when it was recorded as a duet with Jimmy Barnes Tina and her ex-husband Ike had their biggest hit successes with River Deep Mountain High and Nutbush City Limits She appeared in the fi lms Tommy and Mad Max (Beyond Thunderdome) and had a national No 1 hit with We Donrsquot Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (rsquo85) She retired from long touring engagements at the end of her 2000 US tour However she still performs at the occasional special event

DANIEL DAVIS born in Gurdon Arkansas - 1945 (71) American actor He played Niles the butler in the lsquo90s TV sit-com The Nanny

JOHN McVIE born in Middlesex England - 1945 (71) Bass guitarist with Fleetwood Mac John and drummer Mick Fleetwood are the only two original members of the group that formed in 1967 Their first big hit was the instrumental Albatross (lsquo68) His former wife Christine McVie joined the group in 1970 She left the group but rejoined in 2014 Their best selling albums are Rumours and Fleetwood Mac

JULIE McGREGOR born in Sydney NSW - 1948 (68) Australian actress She played Betty Wilson in the long running local comedy series Hey Dad

WENDY TURNBULL born in Sandgate Brisbane - 1952 (64) Australian tennis player She won the US Open doubles in 1979 and 1982

JACKI MACDONALD ( Jen ine MacDonald) born in Brisbane Queensland - 1953 (63) Australian TV and radio presenter For 11 years she was a regular on Hey Hey Itrsquos Saturday She started on television at Brisbanersquos Channel 9 after leaving school During her career she has hosted childrenrsquos shows read the news presented an interview style program and worked on radio

TOM CARROLL born in Sydney NSW - 1961 (55) Australian surfer He won two world professional surfing titles in the 1980s He became the first surfer millionaire

D A V E H U G H E S b o r n i n Warrnambool Victoria - 1970 (46) Australian comedian and radioTV presenter He is the co-host of the Hughesy amp Kate national drive program on KIIS In 2016 he hosted the TV program Australiarsquos Got Talent Hersquos also a regular on The Footy Show His other TV credits include Before The Game Rove and The Glass House

NATALIE GAUCI born in Melbourne Victoria - 1981 (35) Australian singer Winner of Australian Idol in 2007 She turned 26 a day later Made No 2 on the Australian charts in 2007 with her debut single Here I Am

NATASHA BEDINGFIELD born in London England - 1981 (35) New Zealand singer Sister of singer Daniel Bedingfield Her debut album Unwritten entered the UK charts at No 1 only the third debut album of a solo female to do so The single These Words made No 1 in the UK in 2004 (Top 10 hit in Australia)

RITA ORA (Rita Sahatccediliu) born in Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) - 1990 (26) UK singersongwriter and actress Her hits include RIP (2012) How Do We (Party) (2012) and I Will Never Let You Down (2014) She sang on the 2014 recording of Band Aid 30rsquos Do They Know Itrsquos Christmas

EventsCHARLES L DODGSON writing under the name of Lewis Carroll sent a handwritten manuscript to 12-year-old Alice Liddell titled ldquoAlicersquos Adventures Undergroundrdquo as an early Christmas present The manuscript was later renamed Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - 1864

CHARLES CHAPLIN entered a ldquoshotgun marriagerdquo with child bride Lita Grey in Mexico - 1924 Lita was just 16 He was 35 They divorced in 1926

CASABLANCA starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York - 1942

TOMMY DORSEY US big band leader died (choked to death in his sleep) aged 51 - 1956 H e w a s k n o w n a s lsquo T h e Sentimental Gentleman Of Swingrsquo His bandleader brother Jimmy died in 1957

HAROLD HOLT lead the LiberalCountry coalition to victory in the 26th Australian Federal election - 1966

CREAM played their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall in London - 1968 The rock trio consisted of Eric Clapton (guitarvocals) Jack Bruce (bassvocals) and Ginger Baker (drums) They reunited in 2005 for a series of UK concerts They had several top selling albums and hits including Sunshine Of Your Love White Room and Badge

F R I D AY N I G H T S H O P P I N G commenced in Melbourne - 1971

10CC members Lol Creme and Kevin Godley left the group to pursue a career as a duo - 1976

JIMMY BARNES met his future wife JANE in Canberra - 1979 At the time Cold Chisel was on tour with Icehouse The Angels and Mental As Anything They met at a party Jane was a friend of one of The Angels

RACHEL ROBERTS Welsh actress committed suicide aged 53 - 1980

Prime Minister BOB HAWKE and Opposit ion Leader ANDREW PEACOCK participated in Australiarsquos first nationally televised election campaign debate - 1984

KIM HUGHES tearfully resigned as Australiarsquos Test captain (and was replaced by Allan Border) - 1984

MRS RITA LOCKETT (UK) spent pound10000 to repeat her daughterrsquos wedding two months after the event because she did not like the video The 200 wedding guests returned to the church and later to the same reception venue - this time with a professional camera crew - 1988

MICHAEL JACKSONrsquos album Dangerous was released - 1991 It entered the US chart at No 1

U2 played their first concert without Adam Clayton - 1993 It was due to lsquoillnessrsquo although itrsquos believed that he was lsquotoo drunkrsquo He was replaced by their guitar technician Stuart Morgan at their concert in Sydney

STAR CITY entertainment complex opened at Sydney Harbour Casino - 1997

BURKErsquoS BACKYARD final program went to air on Channel 9 after a 17 year run (713 shows) - 2004 Commenced on a Saturday afternoon in 1987 before moving to the regular Friday night slot

BRISBANE ROAR won its 36th match in a row achieving the longest undefeated streak in the history of Australian top level sport - 2011

KRISPY KREME DONUTS opened in Perth at Whitford City and sold a record 73200 donuts on its opening day - 2014 This was the most successful launch since the company was founded in US in 1937



BirthsERNIE WISE (Ernest Wiseman) born in Ardsley England - 1925 (Died aged 73 - 1999) One half of the famous British comedy team Morecambe amp Wise (His partner Eric Morecambe died in 1984) They performed as a comedy team for 43 years

ALAN SIMPSON born in London England - 1929 (87) English scriptwriter He and his partner Ray Galton wrote the scripts for Hancockrsquos Half Hour and Steptoe And Son

PETER WHITFORD born in Adelaide SA - 1939 (77) Australian stage and screen actor His movie credits include - My Brilliant Career (lsquo79) Careful He Might Hear You (lsquo83) Phar Lap (lsquo83) and Strictly Ballroom (lsquo93)

BRUCE LEE (Liu Yuen Kam) born in San Francisco California - 1940 (Died aged 32 - 1973) American kung fu movie star He starred in the films - Fist Of Fury (lsquo72) Enter The Dragon (lsquo73) Way Of The Dragon (lsquo73) and played Kato in the lsquo60s television series The Green Hornet His death was the result of an acute cerebral edema possibly caused by an allergic reaction to a prescription painkiller His actor son Brandon Lee died in 1993 of an accidental gunshot on the set of his movie The Crow

JOHN ALDERTON born in Yorkshire England - 1940 (76) English actor He starred in the lsquo60s TV comedy series Please Sir He also appeared with his actress wife Pauline Collins in Upstairs Downstairs as well as Thomas And Sarah From 1987 to 1994 he narrated the kidrsquos program Fireman Sam

EDDIE RABBITT (Edward Thomas Rabbitt) born in New York New York - 1941 (Died aged 56 - 1998) US country singersongwriter His two biggest hits in Australia are Every Which Way But Loose (lsquo79) and I Love A Rainy Night (lsquo81) He wrote Kentucky Rain - which was a hit for Elvis and Sounds Of Goodbye which was the debut hit for Kamahl in 1969

JIMI HENDRIX (James Hendrix) born in Seattle Washington - 1942 (Died aged 27 - 1970) US rock guitarist and vocalist From 1967 to 1968 his band the Jimi Hendrix Experience had hit singles with Hey Joe Purple Haze Foxy Lady The Wind Cries Mary and All Along The Watchtower A few days after his appearance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival he died of a drug overdose in London

SIMON TOWNSEND born in Randwick Sydney - 1945 (71) Australian TV host and producer From 1979-1987 accompanied by his dog Woodrow he fronted the childrenrsquos program Wonder World He returned to television as host and originator of TVTV on ABC TV

BARBARA ANDERSON born in Brooklyn New York - 1945 (71) US actress She played Eve Whitfield in the Ironside TV series and Mimi in Mission Impossible

CAROLINE KENNEDY born in New York New York - 1957 (59) Daughter of John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy She is president of the JFK Library Foundation board Maid of honor at cousin Maria Shriver and actor Arnold Schwarzeneggerrsquos 1986 wedding

TRACEY CURRO born in Ingham Queensland - 1963 (53) Australian TV newsreader and reporter She has read news for Channel 9 and worked as a reporter on the programs 60 Minutes and Beyond 2000

ROBIN GIVENS born in New York City New York - 1964 (52) US actress and former wife of boxer Mike Tyson She played Darlene in the US TV comedy series Head Of The Class

MICHAEL VARTAN born in France - 1968 (48) French actor He plays Michael Vaughn in the TV series Alias

JALEEL WHITE born in Los Angeles California - 1976 (40) US actor He played Steve Urkel in the US TV sit-com Family Matters (1989-1998) He provides the voice of Sonic The Hedgehog in the TV cartoons

EventsMACYrsquos THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE was held for the first time in America - 1924 The New York department store parade featured employees in colourful costumes and animals from the central Park Zoo

GEORGE HARRISON released the triple album All Things Must Pass - 1970 It includes the hit singles My Sweet Lord and What Is Life

JAWS directed by Stephen Spielberg opened in Australian cinemas - 1975

Australian radio broadcaster JOHN LAWS married his third wife Caroline Cameron-Walker (aka ldquoThe Princessrdquo) - 1976

KEPLER WESSELS achieved a century in his first Test cricket match - 1982 He scored 162 v England

THE UNSUCCESSFUL SUICIDE STORY On this day 1987 a young man in England tried seven times to commit suicide after a fight with his girlfriend He threw himself in front of four cars but when that didnrsquot work he jumped under the wheels of a lorry When that wasnrsquot successful he tried to strangle himself and even jumped from a window He lived but the real victims were - a driver of one car who suffered a heart attack a policeman who injured himself trying to restrain the man and a doctor who was kicked in the face when the struggling man reached the hospital

LES MISERABLES starring Normie Rowe had its Australian premiere in Sydney - 1987 Other cast members included Philip Quast Debbie Byrne Simon Burke Anthony Warlow and Marina Prior

4 TRAX (later known as HUMAN NATURE) performed their first gig at the Bankstown Town Hall representing their school at the ldquoSchools Spectacularrdquo - 1989

MICHAEL FLATLEY collapsed back stage following a performance at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre - 1997 Due to illness he was forced to cancel the remainder of his Australian and NZ Lord Of The Dance tour

BRIAN NAYLOR read his final nightly news bulletin on Channel 9 Melbourne - 1998

RAY MARTIN hosted his final A Current Affair television program - 1998 He returned to the role in 2003

MIDDAY with Kerri-Anne Kennerly as host went to air for the final time - 1998

ISABELLE DINOIRE of France became the first woman to undergo a partial face transplant - 2005 She was severely disfigured after her pet dog chewed off her nose lips and chin

BERNIE BANTON Australian asbestos campaigner died of cancer aged 61 - 2007

QE2 the longest serving Ocean Liner in history made her final journey QE2 and was handed over to its new owners in Dubai - 2008 As of January 2016 the ship remains laid up in Dubai while the port operator claimed that there were future plans for the ship and no intent to scrap her

US golfer TIGER WOODS smashed his Cadillac into a fire hydrant and a neighbourrsquos tree near his mansion - 2009 It was later revealed that he did not suffer facial lacerations from the car accident but rather from his wife Elin who had confronted him about reports that he was seeing another woman

BRISBANE was hit by the cityrsquos worst storm in nearly three decades - 2014 The 15 minutes of fury caused extensive damage with winds equal to a category 2 cyclone and hail the size of tennis balls Over 100000 homes and businesses lost power

MOST CHRISTMAS LIGHTS world record was achieved when more than a million lights were installed in Canberrarsquos CBD - 2014 In previous years barrister David Richards broke records decorating his home but in 2014 he moved his Christmas lights display to Canberrarsquos CBD The display broke the Guinness World record for the largest LED image display

BARONESS PD (Phyliss Dorothy) JAMES UK crime author died aged 94 - 2014


Monday 28th November 2016

BirthsSTEELE HALL (Raymond Steele Hall) born in Adelaide SA - 1928 (88) Premier of SA from 1968-1970 After his defeat to Don Dunstan in the 1970 election he remained Leader of the Opposition for two years before resigning from the LCL He later joined the Liberal Party and returned to national politics as the member for Boothby in 1981 He would hold the seat until his retirement in 1996

BERRY GORDY JR born in Detroit Michigan - 1929 (87) Founder of the Tamla Motown record company (1959) It was Berry who suggested that the trio The Primettes change their name to the Supremes He employed the talented songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland who composed and produced the Supremes string of lsquo60s hits His youngest son is singer and X Factor Australia judge Redfoo

BRUCE CHANNEL (Bruce McMeans) born in Jacksonville Texas - 1940 (76) US singer He had a hit in 1962 with Hey Baby which made No 1 in America and No 2 in the UK

RANDY NEWMAN born in Los Angeles California - 1943 (73) American composer pianist and vocalist In 1978 he had his biggest hit single with Short People He finally won an Oscar for best song (If I Didnrsquot Have You from Monsters Inc) at the 2002 Academy Awards It was his sixteenth nomination His songs can be heard in the films City Slickers (lsquo91) Toy Story (lsquo95) and A Bugrsquos Life (lsquo98) He wrote Mama Told Me (Not To Come) - a hit for Three Dog Night

BEEB BIRTLES (Gerard Bertelkamp) born in Amsterdam The Netherlands - 1948 (68) Australian singer and musician Guitarist and vocalist with Little River Band During the late 1960s he played with Zoot and later joined Mississippi that also featured future LRB member Graham Goble Beeb and Goble also had some hit success with the lsquo70s hits Irsquom Coming Home and Lonely Lives

PAUL SHAFFER born in Ontario Canada - 1949 (67) Canadian musician He was the musical director on David Lettermanrsquos Late Show He wrote and produced the song Itrsquos Raining Men which was a hit for the Weathergirls as well as Geri Halliwell

ED HARRIS born in Tenafly New Jersey - 1950 (66) American actor His films include The Right Stuff Swing Shift Places In The Heart Apollo 13 A Beautiful Mind The Hours and The Truman Show Hersquos been married to actress Amy Madigan since 1983

S EPATHA MERKERSON (Sharon Merkerson) born in Massachusetts - 1952 (64) US actress She plays Lieutenant Anita Van Buren in the TV series Law And Order

JUDD NELSON born in Portland Maine - 1959 (57) US actor His movies include The Breakfast Club (lsquo85) St Elmorsquos Fire (lsquo85) and Airheads (lsquo94) He also played Jack Richmond in the TV sit-com Suddenly Susan (1996-1999)

MARTIN CLUNES (Alexander Martin Clunes) born in South London England - 1961 (55) English actor Star of the comedy drama TV series Doc Martin Prior to that he was well known as the co-star of the TV comedy Men Behaving Badly He has also narrated many documentarie including Islands Of Oz He married Doc Martin producer Philippa Braithwaite Clunes lives with his family in Dorset where they run a farm with heavy horses

JON STEWART (Jonathan Leibowitz) born in New York City New York - 1962 (54) US TV presenter and comedian Hersquos headed the US cable TV programs the Daily Show and The Jon Stewart Show

PAUL GRAY born in Parkes NSW - 1963 (53) Vocalist with Australian band Wa Wa Nee In 1986 they had three national hits with Stimulation I Could Make You Love Me and Sugar Free

ANNA NICOLE SMITH (Vicki Lyn Hogan) born in Houston Texas - 1967 (Died aged 39 - 2007) American model She appeared in the comedy film Naked Gun 33 12 but is best known for her marriage to the elderly billionaire J Howard Marshall At the time she was 26 and he was 90 He died just 13 months later Anna Nicole died of unknown causes in February 2007

KRISTIAN SCHMID born in Geelong Victoria - 1974 (42) Australian actor He played Todd Landers in the Neighbours (rsquo87-rsquo92) television series Played the role of Brad in the 2002 movie Scooby Doo

RYAN KWANTEN born in Sydney NSW - 1976 (40) Australian actor He played lifeguard Vinnie Patterson in the local soapie Home And Away After moving to the United States he was cast as Jay Robertson in the TV series Summerland From 2008-2014 he appeared in the US horror TV series True Blood as Jason Stackhouse

ANDREW BOGUT born in Melbourne Victoria - 1984 (32) Australian basketball player In June 2005 he was the first pick in the NBA draft in New York and was signed by the Wilwaukee Bucks He is the first Australian ever to be be picked in the top spot In 2016 he joined the Dallas Mavericks

KAREN GILLAN born in Inverness Scotland - 1987 (29) English actress She appeared in the Dr Who TV series from 2010-2013 playing Amy Pond She plays Nebula in the movie Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) and sequel

EventsAustraliarsquos first BAPTIST CHURCH was founded in Sydney by Rev John Saunders - 1835

First Australian made CHAMPAGNE was exhibited in Sydney - 1875

GRAND OLE OPRY worldrsquos longest running radio show debuted in America - 1925

THE DOG ON THE TUCKERBOX STATUE was unveiled by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons near Gundagai NSW - 1932 It is a tribute to pioneers and was inspired by a bullock driverrsquos poem Bullocky Bill

SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL stage play had its premiere at Melbournersquos Union Theatre - 1955 It was written by Ray Lawler He was featured in the cast along with Noel Ferrier and June Jago It became one of Australiarsquos most successful plays

JOHN LENNON performed three songs with Elton John at Madison Square Gardens - 1974

COP SHOP made its debut on Australian television - 1977 Regulars included - Peter Adams Paula Duncan Rowena Wallace Gil Tucker Terry Norris and John Orscik

JOHN MAJOR became Prime Minister of Britain - 1990

S ingaporersquos LEE KUAN-YEW resigned after 31 years in power ending his reign as the worldrsquos longest serving Prime Minister - 1990

JOHN OLSEN became Liberal premier of SA replacing DEAN BROWN - 1996

AARON BADDELEY 18 won the Australian Open golf title - 1999 He became the youngest winner and also the first amateur to win the Open since Bruce Devlin in 1960 He won the Open again in 2000

MADONNA performed a concert that was broadcast live on the internet and watched by a record 11 million people online - 2000

Australiarsquos JAMES MORRISON played the wrong Spanish national anthem at the Davis Cup - 2003 A music publisher had supplied Morrison with the incorrect anthem

Australian actress KATE KENDALL married former Carlton footballer WAYNE JOHNSTON - 2004

ANTHONY KOUTOUFIDES Carlton AFL player and his partner NATALIE LOWE won the 2006 Dancing With The Stars title - 2006

LESLIE NIELSEN Canadian actor best known for starring in the Naked Gun comedy movies died aged 84 - 2010

THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY had its world premiere at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington - 2012


Tuesday 29th November 2016

BirthsCS LEWIS (Clive Staples Lewis) born in Belfast Northern Ireland - 1898 (Died aged 64 -1963) UK author He wrote the popular childrenrsquos story The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe (part of the Narnia Chronicles) and several books on the Christian faith

JACQUES CHIRAC born in France - 1932 (84) President of France from 1974-1976 and then from 1986-1988

DIANE LADD (Rose Ladner) born in Meridian Mississippi - 1935 (81) US actress Her films include Chinatown (lsquo74) and Alice Doesnrsquot Live Here Any More (lsquo75) She married actor Bruce Dern Their daughter is actress Laura Dern

BOBBI MARTIN (Barbara Anne Martin) born in Germany - 1939 (Died aged 56 - 2000) US singer She is best known for her 1970 hit For The Love Of Him

CHUCK MANGIONE born in Rochester New York - 1940 (76) American pop-jazz flugelhornist He had an instrumental hit in 1978 with Feels So Good

DENNY DOHERTY born in Canada - 1940 (Died aged 66 - 2007) Canadian vocalist with The Mamas amp The Papas He left the group to go solo in 1968

JODY MILLER born in Phoenix Arizona - 1941 (75) US singer She is best known for her 1964 hit He Walks Like A Man

JANET HOLMES A COURT born in Perth WA - 1943 (73) Australian businesswoman and widow of Robert Holmes A Court (who died in 1990) She is one of Australiarsquos wealthiest women

FELIX CAVALIERE born in Pelham New York - 1942 (74) US vocalist and keyboard player He was lead singer with the Young Rascals who later became simply The Rascals Their lsquo60s hits include - Groovinrsquo How Can I Be Sure A Beautiful Morning Good Lovinrsquo and People Got To Be Free He was also in the band Joey Dee and The Starliters

BRIAN CADD born in Perth WA - 1946 (70) Australian singersongwriter and pianist In the lsquo60s he was with The Groop who had hits with Such A Lovely Way and Woman Yoursquore Breaking Me In 1969 he became a part of Axiom who had their biggest hit with A Little Ray Of Sunshine After the demise of Axiom he pursued a solo career and also wrote and produced for other Australian artists before leaving for the US Ginger Man (rsquo72) and Let Go (rsquo74) were two of his biggest sellers He moved to the US in 1976 and for over 20 years was based in Nashville His wife Linda gave birth to a daughter Jessica on this day in 1983

GARRY SHANDLING born in Illinois - 1949 (Died aged 66 - 2016) US comedian and star of his own TV comedy series The Larry Sanders Show He hosted a few of the Grammy Award presentations He had hyperparathyroidism He died at age 66 of a heart attack - one of the many health risks heightened from the disease

DON WALKER born in Ayr Queensland - 1951 (65) Australian musician Piano keyboard player organist and vocalist with Cold Chisel He wrote Cold Chiselrsquos hits Choir Girl Khe Sanh and Cheap Wine

CHRIS BAILEY born in Nanyuki Kenya - 1957 (59) Lead singer for The Saints one of Australiarsquos first punk bands In 1977 The Saints had a top 40 hit in the UK with This Perfect Day Two of their biggest sellers in Australia are Ghost Ships (rsquo84) and Just Like Fire Would (rsquo86)

KIM DELANEY born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania - 1961 (55) US actress Starred as Kathleen Maguire in the TV series Philly Formerly in NYPD Blue playing Diane Russell

ANDREW McCARTHY born in Westfield New Jersey - 1962 (54) US actor His popular lsquo80s films include St Elmos Fire Weekend At Bernies Pretty In Pink Mannequin and Spiderwick Chronicles

MICHAEL VEITCH born in Melbourne Victoria - 1962 (54) Australian TV and radio comedian He was one of the stars of the comedy program Fast Forward and a part of the original D-Generation From 2010-2013 he was breakfast announcer on ABC radio in Hobart

LISA PATRICK born in - 1965 (51) Australian TV host In 1992 she hosted Australiarsquos Funniest Home Video program

EDEN GAHA born in Sydney NSW - 1968 (48) Australian actor and TV reporter He hosted the TV shows Vidiot and Take 40 TV and was also a reporter on Animal Hospital Hersquos now based in Los Angeles and is working as a TV producer

JONATHAN KNIGHT born in Massachusetts - 1968 (48) Vocalist with US group New Kids On The Block The group had nine top 10 hits in America from 1988 to 1990 Irsquoll Be Loving You Forever Hanginrsquo Tough and Step By Step all made No 1

GENA LEE NOLIN born in Duluth Minnesota - 1971 (45) US actress She played Neely Kapshaw in the Baywatch TV series

ANNA FARIS born in Baltimore Maryland - 1976 (40) US actress She is best known for her role in the Scary Movie series of films and also her starring role in the US TV sit-com Mom She is the voice of Jeanette in the Alvin amp The Chipmunks movies

EventsJOHN TEBBUTT Australian astronomer and meteorologist died aged 82 - 1916 He became probably Australiarsquos leading astronomer in his day He was famous for discovering the ldquoGreat Comet of 1861rdquo In 1984 his portrait appeared on the new Australian $100 note (It was in circulation until 1996)

A FATHER and his SON married SISTERS in Iowa - 1936 This made the son his fatherrsquos brother-in-law he also became brother-in-law and step-son to his fatherrsquos wife His fatherrsquos wife became both her sisterrsquos mother-in-law and sister-in-law and his own wife became his step-motherrsquos sister sister-in-law and daughter-in-law

Australiarsquos first HOLDEN motor vehicle was launched by General Motors-Holden - 1948 It became affectionately known as the ldquoFXrdquo The price was set at pound 760 (approx $1520)

SOVEREIGN HILL opened in Golden Point Ballarat - 1970

KRYAL CASTLE opened in Ballarat - 1974

GRAHAM HILL British racing driver was killed aged 46 when a private aircraft in which he was travelling crashed - 1975

NATALIE WOOD US actress died aged 43 after drowning off Californiarsquos Catalina Island - 1981

CARY GRANT British-born Hollywood actor died aged 82 - 1986

ALLAN BORDER set a world record for most Test cricket appearances - 1991 He played in his 126th Test match - his 63rd as captain He eclipsed the record held by Indiarsquos Sunil Gavaskar

SHANE WARNE took 8 wickets for 71 in the first Test against England - 1994 It was the best innings by an Australian bowler at Brisbanersquos Gabba

SOCCEROOS lost to Iran in the World Cup Qualifier at the MCG - 1997 Iran qualified on the away goals rule

GEORGE HARRISON UK singersongwriter and former Beatle died aged 58 in California after a long battle with cancer - 2001

BRIAN HENDERSON read his final news bulletin on National Nine News in Sydney - 2002

GEORGE HARRISONrsquoS final album recording Brain Washed was released - 2002

THE GLASS HOUSE final show went to air on ABC TV - 2006

SANDY ROBERTS read the sport news for the final time on Channel 7 in Melbourne - 2013 He finished his hosting duties for Seven at the Australian Open golf tournament on December 1 2013

DANIEL ANDREWS was elected Premier of Victoria - 2014



BirthsSIR WINSTON CHURCHILL born in Oxfordshire England - 1874 (Died aged 90 - 1965) British war time leader He was the Prime Minister of England from 1940 -rsquo45 and then returned to power during the years 1951-1955

ALAN SHERMAN born in Illinois - 1924 (Died aged 48 - 1973) US comedy writer and musician He is best known for his 1963 hit Hello Muddah Hello Fuddah

ROBERT GUILLAUME (Robert Williams) born in Saint Louis Missouri - 1927 (89) American actor and singer He appeared in the US television comedy Soap and later starred in his own series Benson (rsquo79-rsquo86) He provided the voice of Rafiki the mandrill in the musical movie The Lion King

DICK CLARK born in New York - 1929 (Died aged 82 - 2012) US TV host He became famous as the host of the US music show American Bandstand which was the launching pad for many of the music stars of the lsquo50rsquos and lsquo60s

FRANK IFIELD (Francis Ifield) born in Coventry England - 1937 (79) UK born-Australian singer In 1962 he had three No 1 hits in the UK with I Remember You Lovesick Blues and Wayward Wind

ROGER GLOVER born in Brecon Wales - 1945 (71) Welsh bass player with Deep Purple and Rainbow After spending four years with Deep Purple) he was dismissed by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore In 1984 when Deep Purple reformed Glover returned to his old band where he performs to this day In 1978 Roger Glover and Guests had a hit with Love Is All from the animated film The Butterfly Ball

MANDY PATINKIN (Mandel Patinkin) born in Illinois - 1952 (64) US actor and singer Hersquos one of the stars of the TV drama Chicago Hope and also Criminal Minds He played the Spanish fencing master named Inigo Montoya in the 1987 film The Princess Bride

WAYNE lsquoRABBITrsquo BARTHOLOMEW born in Tweed Heads NSW - 1954 (62) Australian surfer He won the World Surfing Championship in 1978 1999 (ASP world masters) and 2003 (ASP world grand master) In 2009 he was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame

BILLY IDOL (William Broad) born in London England - 1955 (61) English singer He has had several top 10 hits in Australia including - White Wedding (lsquo83) Rebel Yell (lsquo84) To Be A Lover (lsquo86) and Sweet 16 (lsquo87) In 1994 he had some hit success with the theme to the film Speed

STACEY Q (Stacey Swain) born in Fullerton California - 1958 (58) US singer She had a top 10 hit in 1986 with Two Of Hearts

BEN STILLER (Benjamin Stiller) born in New York - 1965 (51) US actor and director His films include Reality Bites Something About Mary Keeping The Faith Meet The Parents plus sequel Starsky amp Hutch Zoolander (plus 2016 sequel) and A Night At The Museum (plus sequels) (His actress wife Christine Taylor appeared in Zoolander and sequel) In 2013 he starred in and directed The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty He provides the voice of Alex in the Madagascar animated movies Ben and his actor friend Owen Wilson have been in twelve films together His actor father Jerry Stiller played George Costanzarsquos father on Seinfeld

DESrsquoREE (Desiree Weeks) born in London England - 1968 (48) English singer She had a hit with Kissing You from the lsquo90s film version of Romeo amp Juliet

KAT STEWART (Katherine Stewart) born in Bairnsdale Victoria - 1972 (44) Australian actress She plays Billie Proudman in the TV series Offspring She co-starred as Nicola Buchanan with Shaun Micallef (as her husband Charlie Buchanan) in the 13 part murder mystery series Mr And Mrs Murder

KATE FISCHER (Kate Zipporah) born in Adelaide SA - 1973 (43) Australian model TV host and former fianceacutee of James Packer She hosted the childrenrsquos cartoon program Whatrsquos Up Doc Daughter of politician Pru Goward

ELISHA CUTHBERT born in Alberta Canada - 1982 (34) Canadian actress She plays Kim Bauer in the US TV drama 24

PHILLIP HUGHES born in Macksville NSW - 1988 (Died aged 25 - 2014) Australian cricketer Hughes scored his first Test century in 2009 aged 20 in his second Test match for Australia opening the batting and hitting 115 in the first innings against South Africa On 25 November 2014 he was hit in the neck by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match He was taken to St Vincentrsquos Hospital in Sydney where he underwent surgery was placed into an induced coma and was in intensive care in a critical condition He died on 27 November having never regained consciousness

EventsAustraliarsquos first LIGHTHOUSE went into service at South Head Sydney - 1818

ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR was performed for the first time - 1878 It was written by Scottish songwriter Peter McCormick It became the Australian national anthem in April 1984

OSCAR WILDE Irish writer died aged 46 of syphilis - 1900

CHARLIE CHAPLIN made his film debut (minus moustache and cane) in Making A Living - 1913

DONALD BRADMAN made his Test cricket debut in Brisbane - 1928 He only made 18 runs in his first innings Australia lost to England by 675 runs

EMI (Electrical and Musical Industries Ltd) was formed when HMV (His Masterrsquos Voice) and Columbia Records merged - 1931

FLOYD PATTERSON became the youngest boxer to win the world heavyweight title at the age of 21 - 1956 His record was beaten by Mike Tyson who won the title aged 20 in 1986

GARY LEWIS amp PLAYBOYS recorded This Diamond Ring - 1964 None of the Playboys played their instruments on the hit recording except on the backing tracks and Lewisrsquos vocals were heavily supported by Ron Hicklinrsquos overdubs The music was performed by members of The Wrecking Crew The session drummer was Hal Blaine Joe Osborn played bass and Leon Russell both played keyboards and arranged the music

MICHAEL JACKSONrsquos Thriller album was released in US - 1982 It remains as the best selling album of all time Seven singles were released from the album all of which reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart he album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards in 1984

GANDHI starring Ben Kingsley had its world premiere in New Delhi - 1982

TINY TIM American singer died aged 66 - 1996 He died after suffering a heart attack while performing his most famous song Tiptoe Through The Tulips

PLAYSTATION II went on sale in Australia - 2000

GREG PAGE 34 announced that he was officially leaving the WIGGLES due to illness - 2006 He returned to the group in 2012 and stayed on until the original group broke up in December

EVEL KNIEVEL US stuntman died aged 69 - 2007 He broke more than 35 bones endured a liver transplant a stroke and diabetes

KURT TIPPETT (Adelaide Crows) was banned from playing AFL football for the Sydney Swans for the first 11 rounds of 2013 and fined $50000 - 2012

WII U game console went on sale in Australia - 2012

PAUL WALKER IV US actor died aged 40 from injuries sustained from a single-vehicle collision - 2013 In 2001 Walker gained international fame for his portrayal of Brian OrsquoConner in the street racing action film The Fast and the Furious and would reprise the role in six of the next seven installments


2006 November

Jocksrsquo Journal Radio News from 10 Years Ago

ldquoTruck Radiordquo was launched at midnight on Monday 23rd October by Macquarie Regional Radioworks Truck Radiorsquos host is Nicole ldquoNicrdquo McCracken

Austereo Melbourne General Manger Gary Pert has been appointed as the Managing Director of Channel Nine Melbourne The former VFL footballer takes up the position on November 24

Kym Fidock has left 5MU Murray Bridge to pursue a career with Optus in Adelaide

Carmill Severi from the recent Big Brother household has been signed up by Brisbanersquos B105 to be a part of their breakfast team

Dave McClung Network Music Director for Sea FM Gold Coast has been appointed as the Assistant MD at Nova 919 Adelaide

Nova 1069 Brisbane has changed its night lineup Justine McKell has been moved to late nights and her co-host Simon Kennedy is now off air Virginia and Bossy are now on nights

Corey Layton ex Nova Melbourne and Sydney has been appointed as Commercial Programmer at London radio station GCap

WSFM Sydney PD Rob Logan is taking up a new mulitmedia role with the Australian Radio Network ARNrsquos research director David Kidd is now the stationrsquos temporary PD

Paul lsquoFridgyrsquo Hancock ex-Nova 969 Sydney is the new drive jock at Nova 937 Perth He replaces Jeremy Anderson

James lsquoSpeediersquo Speed is the new lunch time announcer at 4VL Charleville

The new Star 1045 Central Coast breakfast show is now headed by Vic Davies and Lisa McCoy Vic was a part of the previous breakfast lineup and Lisa joins from Star FM Albury Kim Czosnek is now on mornings and announcer Todd Widdicombe has moved on

SEN 11163MP Group PD Peter Butler has resigned to take up a consultancy position in Israel He left SENMP on October 18

Former ACE radio manager Doug Bell has been appointed general manager of 2CC2CA Canberra

The Gold Coast survey figures saw GOLD FM rating No 1 with 198 followed by sister station SEA FM with 179 (195) and then Hot Tomato with 109 (134) Gold also rated No 1 in breakfast (Richard amp Sarah) with 188 (209) SEA FM 181 (201) and then Hot Tomato

4KQ and sister ARN station 973 FM have done a breakfast shuffle Bob Gallagher 4KQ breakfast announcer and PD is now heading breakfast on 973 along with Robin Bailey ex-B105 along with Terry Hansen who has been a part of the 973 brekky lineup (Forward to 2016 and they are still together See more on page 7)

Mark Hine joins Laurel Edwards and Gary Clare on 4KQrsquos breakfast show Marnie Titheradge who has been replaced by Bailey has now been assigned to other on air roles at 973 4KQ night announcer and MD Brent James is now caretaker PD for 4KQ Ex-4KQ drive announcer Barry Drinkwater is PD at 973

Merryn Vincent Macquarie Radio Networkrsquos Chief Operating Officer has resigned She has accepted the role of Business Affairs Manager with SBS television Her position has been taken by Channel 9rsquos Stuart Thomas

Brett Clark ex-4TO Townsville has joined 4CC Gladstone as breakfast co-host of Breakfast with Clarky amp Kell

Ray Kington ex- 2AY afternoon announcer has popped up on 2CH Sydney and has been presenting some of their mid-dawn programs

Damien Rafferty is joining 5MU Murray Bridge He joins from 5CC Magic FM Port Lincoln and commences on Monday November 13 and will host breakfast on 5MU Also lsquoSteversquo has resigned his position as breakfast announcer on Power FM However he will remain in their employ as a casual weekend announcer

Katie ldquoMontyrdquo Diamond Triple M promotions moves to an announcing role and will co-host breakfast on Star FM Albury with Matt Griffith

MRR Works Townsville has appointed 2006 AFTRS Graduate Zoe Underwood as Hot FM morning announcer while 2004 AFTRS graduate Shayne Sinclair is now station MD Fyona Smith is the new 4TOFM Townsville afternoon announcer and localworks hub announcer

Ashley Hall has been replaced by Monique Dews as breakfast newsreader on Vega 953 Sydney

Amanda Blair returns to radio in 2007 as the new afternoon host at Adelaidersquos FIVEaa Shersquoll replace replace Nicole Haack Graeme Goodings will fill the role until then

Matthew Fulton is leaving ARN Sydney and has been appointed as Production Assistant at B105 Brisbane

Todd Widdicombe ex-Star 1045 Central Coast is joining Hot 91 Sunshine Coast as their new drive jock

Adam ldquoThe Bar Ratrdquo Barratt reports that he is moving to London and will based there from November

Despite illness and more time in hospital 3AWrsquos Derryn Hinch has launched his latest book titled ldquoYou Are So Beautifulrdquo

Jonathan lsquoJonorsquo Coleman is returning to Australia after a 16-year career in London radio After leaving his current gig at BBC London 949 Coleman is thought to be after a full-time slot on WSFM on which his series lsquoMy Generationrsquo is heard (Source Daily Telegraph)

Ken lsquoKGrsquo Cunningham popular FIVEAA sports presenter suffered from a circulation problem affecting blood flow to the heart causing him to lose consciousness during his regular morning walk at Henley Beach on October 31 Cunningham 67 was rushed to Ashford Hospital by ambulance and underwent an operation to place two stents in the main artery to his heart He said he was hoping to return to work on Monday November 6

Wally Foreman veteran ABC sport broadcaster died in Perth on November 2 Foreman 58 suffered a massive heart attack while working out at a gym on Tuesday morning and was taken to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth where he was placed in a medically induced coma One of Australiarsquos most experienced sport broadcasters Foreman worked in the media for more than 30 years


Radio Birthdays - NovemberMore Radio NewsNov 19 Gavin Dolby born in Queensland - 1958 (Died - 2015)Nov 20 Lynda Edmunds (ex-Hot 911) born in Brisbane - 1979Nov 21 Neil Mitchell (3AW mornings) born in - 1951 Melissa Martin (APN News and Media) born in NSW - 1975Nov 22 Chris Kearns (SKY Racing) born in - 1946 David Wright (voice overs) born in - 1976Nov 23 Glenn Daniel (Smooth FM) born in Sydney NSW - 1961 Pete Graham (2UE weekends) born Gerry Terati-Lyons (CAAMA Managerannouncer) born in New Zealand - 1957Nov 25 Graham Mabury (former 6PR nights) born in Perth - 1946Nov 26 Dave Hughes (KIIS drive) born in Warrnambool - 1970 Tom Ballard (ex-triple jcomedian) born in - 1989Nov 27 Adam Williscroft (SCA DAB + Content Director) born Steve Britten (Media MilitiaChannel 9 Voice) born Mark Pascoe (96FM Perth) born Nov 28 Bob Taylor (Stereo 974 Geelong) born in - 1942Nov 30 Gia Hayne (KOFMNXFM) born in Scone NSW - 1981

Vale Ross Higgins (1930-2016)

Ross Higgins Australian actor radio announcer and voice actor died aged 85 on October 7 His showbiz career began in 1946 when he took a cadetship at 2GB at the age of 16 This led to an on-air announcing position and he went on to host breakfast and other shifts He also became a cast member of the popular radio program ldquoThe Jack Davey Showrdquo His TV career included being a cast member of The Naked Vicar Show and starring in Kingswood Country as Ted Bullpitt He also played a straight role in soap opera Richmond Hill Higgins also voiced numerous radio and TV ads the most notable being the character of Louie The Fly in the Mortein ads

Vale Rebecca Wilson (1961-2016)

Rebecca Wilson Brisbane-born sports journalist and radio presenter died in Sydney from breast cancer aged 54 She passed away at her family home on October 6 after a long battle with the disease In 2006 she was a co-host on the Vega 953 (now smooth fm) breakfast show with Tony Squires and Mikey Robins She left the program in 2009 (Picture was taken at

station launch) She was a panellist on numerous TV programs including Beauty and the Beast Sunrise and The Footy Show Rebecca was the daughter of former News Limited foreign correspondent Bruce Wilson and the sister of sports reporter Jim Wilson She had two children to her first husband

NOVA Entertainment has announced a number of key programming appointments Shaun Heron Nova 969rsquos Program Director has made the decision to depart the company Peter Clay smoothfmrsquos Program Director has been promoted to the newly created role of Head of Programs for Nova 969 and the smoothfm network Georgie Page Network Special Projects has been appointed as smoothfmrsquos new Program Director Sarah McGilvray has been promoted to Nova 969rsquos Program Director Brendan Taylor will remain as Group Programming Operations Director and will also take on the new role of Head of Commercial Integration

Candice Hazeltine has joined Dan Taylor as co-host on Chilli FMrsquos new breakfast show Candice is moving from Power FM in Nowra as the drive announcer

Michael Graham has joined Nova 1069 in the newly created position of Brisbane Commercial Director

Darren McKenzie has started a new job at Glenn Wheatleyrsquos EON Sports Radio in Melbourne Darren has previously worked at MTR SEN and most recently RSN

Alison Donnellan is leaving Triple M Brisbane She will be entering a new career in the music industry at SGC Media

Dave Carter has been appointed by Crocmedia as Content Director Carter who held the same role at Crocmedia in 2012 returns after a four-year stint at the media production company Media Heads

After three years as 730rsquos political editor Sabra Lane has been appointed as the new host of the ABC Radio Current Affairs program AM She will replace Michael Brissenden who joins Four Corners in a reporting position

North Metropolitan TAFE Advanced Diploma student Alex Carter Noske has been recruited by SCA Bunbury (WA) in a Creative Writer position

Melbourne sports radio station 1116 SEN has replaced 3MP (for a period known as MyMP) with 1377AM Classic Rock The new digital radio station comes just a month after a similar format

station was dropped by Southern Cross Austereo

Nik James has been back on air at 2MCFM Port Macquarie The retired announcer has been filling in on afternoons while regular announcer Jason Bodger was away lsquoNikorsquo wrapped up his radio career at 2MCFM in 2014 after a 20 year career

Garry Lyon is expected to return to Melbournersquos SEN 12 years after he spoke the first words on the station as part of the Morning Glory breakfast team in January 2004

In Memoriam


Put on the Spot

JasonStaveley

Drive ProgramChildhood ambition - I always wanted to be a TV cameraman I would hang out at TV OBrsquos chatting with cameramen getting advice on the job even lsquohaving a gorsquo after shows finished That changed when I did work experience at the ABC in Hobart The TV amp radio newsroom was combined and I got to sit in the booth as the news bulletin was read on ABC radio After the bulletin I was allowed to lsquohave a gorsquo and the second I played that cart with the ABC News theme on it I was hooked on radio Work experience is vital for the future of radio

Radio training ndash I started in Community radio (7THE-FM) while I was in year 10 (1985) and luckily had Adrian Johnston as the PD at 7HT who took the time to aircheck me He eventually put me on panelling shifts then I got to do mid-dawns (sometimes on school days) and the Saturday nights I owe so much to AJ

Former stations ndash 7HT 7EX 7HO FM1047 (MD) TTT-FM B105 SAFM (MD amp APD) NXFM (PD amp breakfast) 3MMM (MD amp APD) FOX-FM (brsquofast) Star in Bristol England (PD) VIBE101 in Bristol (PD) Nova Adelaide (PD) Star 1045 (MD briefly) vega 953 (MD amp Drive) bigFM in Stuttgart Germany (Talent Coach) River 949 (very briefly) JACKFM in Oxford NXKO (interim CD) and now WSFM

A memory of your first day on air ndash I played Suzanne Vegarsquos ldquoMarlene On the Wallrdquo ndash what a great song

An embarrassing radio moment ndash I was doing mid-dawns on 7HT and had never played The Nolans beforeThe music log and the cart label didnrsquot print out the full song title so when I introduced ldquoGotta Pull Myself Togetherrdquohellipwell you get the idea

A personal radio highlight ndash Being part of the launch of 3 stations (TTT-FM Nova Adelaide and JACK2 in Oxford)

Radio mentor ndash or someone you greatly admire on radio ndash So many people I mentioned AJ earlier I also owe a hell of a lot to Greg Smith Paul Thompson Mike Perso Brian Ford Phil Dowse Jeff Allis Duncan Campbell and Charlie Fox for hiring me at various stages in my career I always admired the on-air work of jocks like Barry Bissell Mark van Laarhoven Rick Dees Ugly Phil David Rymer Cameron Humphreys Ron Christie and Kenny Everett in the formative days of my career ndash fortunately Irsquove spent time with all of themhellipexcept Everett

Career choice if not in radio ndash Law was always my back up planhellipitrsquos the wigs and gowns

A song you wish you could play on radio and a song you wish you didnrsquot have to ndash Irsquove played just about everything over many formats Right now Irsquod love WS to play U2rsquos ldquoThe Unforgettable Firerdquo or INXS ldquoTo Look At Yourdquo but theyrsquore iPod selections for old Triple M Music Directors As for part 2 of your questionhellipI love everything we play at WSFM

A favourite movie book and concert ndash Favourite movie would have to be The Blues Brothers Itrsquos been ages since I read a book for pleasure - most are biographies these days (always prepping)

Most memorable celebrity interview ndash Russell Crowehellipfor all the wrong reasons

Last time you laughed till it hurt ndash Probably at my doghellipshersquos 13 now and her eyesight is wonky Itrsquos always a laugh when she bumps into things

A habit yoursquod like to break ndash Chewing my finger nails

A pet peeve ndash Bad spelling

Fave food and drink ndash Canrsquot beat a chicken roast with all the trimmings

Best radio mate ndash Perth based Steve Mummery He should come back to radio Hersquos raised enough money for Telethon in Perth Or Dan Bradley

Favourite app ndash Facebook I thinkhelliphellipor the Qantas Frequent Flyer app (Irsquom proudly a Status Credit whore)

Are you a lsquocollectorrsquo of anything in particular ndash Not reallyhelliphellipdo exes count

Passions outside of radio (apart from family) ndash Cinema I love a good movie

Place of birth and birth date ndash I was born in Melbourne in December 1969





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