| This Day in History 5th January | | Here'e one for the Australians!
On this day in 1901 the Commonwealth of Australia came into being.
Seventy years later in 1971 the first One-Day International Cricket match was played in Australia.
Cricket related news does not come easily from a... | |
| | This day in History 2nd January | | In 1959, the Russian space probe Luna 1, the first man made object to achieve 'escape' velocity from Earth's gravity, was launched towards the moon.
Read more about it here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_1 | |
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