Historical Events
- 1851-02-11 Inaugural 1st-class cricket match in Australia; Tasmania v Victoria in Launceston; Tasmania wins by 3 wickets
Famous Birthdays
- 1891-01-06 Ted McDonald, Australian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 43 wickets, BB 5/32; Tasmania, Victoria, Lancashire CCC), born in Launceston, Australia (d. 1937)
Hudson Fysh (1895-1974)
1895-01-07 Australian aviator, businessman and co-founder of QANTAS, born in Launceston, Tasmania
- 1929-04-29 Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer (Kakadu), born in Launceston, Tasmania (d. 2014)
David Boon (62 years old)
1960-12-29 Australian cricket batsman (107 Tests, 7,422 runs @ 43.65; 21 x 100s; 181 ODIs), born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- 1969-07-30 Simon Baker, Australian actor, born in Launceston, Australia
- 1973-10-08 Toby Haenen, Australian backstroke swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Launceston, Tasmania
- 1974-12-19 Ricky Ponting, Australian cricket batsman, captain, coach and broadcaster (168 Tests, 13,378 runs @ 51.85; 41 x 100s), born in Launceston, Tasmania
- 1975-04-24 Justin Boocock, Australian canoeist (Olympics 1996), born in Launceston, Australia
- 1976-07-27 Scott Mason, Australian cricketer, born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (d. 2005)