1877: Test cricket was inaugurated when James Lillywhite's touring England team met the Australians at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

1990: Playing for New Zealand against Australia at Wellington, Richard Hadlee took five wickets in an innings for the 100th time in his career.

1991: Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergiy Bubka became the first man to clear 20 feet (6.1 metres) indoors.

2001: India won the second Test in Calcutta to end Australia's world-record run of 16 successive Test victories.