Historical Events
- 1804-10-09 Hobart in Tasmania founded
- 1842-08-21 The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.
- 1930-12-25 Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500
- 1931-12-25 Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria v Tas at Hobart
- 1933-12-25 Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria v Tasmania at Hobart
- 1936-09-07 The last surviving member of the marsupial thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in his/her cage at the Hobart Zoo (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)
- 1975-01-05 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks
Famous Birthdays
- 1870-10-10 Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, born in Hobart, Tasmania (d. 1935)
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
1909-06-20 Australian actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- 1971-11-22 Yone Kamio, tennis star (1995 semi-finalist Hobart), born in Yokohama, Japan
- 1972-02-05 Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, born in Hobart, Australia
- 1973-05-25 Duncan Free, Australian rower (Olympics gold 2006), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- 1974-02-22 Kyoko Nagatsuka, Japanese tennis star (1996 Hobart), born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan