6 July 1973: ABC crosses to Wimbledon for live via satellite coverage of the Women’s Singles Final, followed the next night by the Men’s Singles Final.
6 July 1993: Game show Wheel Of Fortune clocks up its 2500th episode. Blood Brothers, a four-part series of Indigenous stories, debuts on SBS.
6 July 1997: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with a nightly half-hour highlights package at 7.30pm. The Nine Network premieres Kids, a factual series taking viewers behind the scenes at the Westmead Children’s Hospital in Sydney.
6 July 1999: Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show presents a 10th anniversary special, with host Kim Kilbey joined by two former hosts, Lisa Patrick and Jacki MacDonald, and a performance by guest star Raymond J Bartholomew (Brian Nankervis)
6 July 2003: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with a nightly half-hour highlights package at 6.00pm, repeated late at night.
6 July 2010: The Seven Network premieres Australia Versus with Tim Ross. Game show featuring comedians from the US, England and Ireland battling it out with Australian comedians.


