22 July 1972: Joe Hasham (Number 96)
22 July 1978: Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show, New Faces)
22 July 1989: Simone Buchanan and Chris Mayer (Hey Dad)
22 July 2000: Joy Smithers and Erik Thomson (All Saints)
22 July 2006: Kate Ritchie (Home And Away)
22 July 1979: ABC in Sydney and Melbourne presents the final instalment of multicultural television programs from the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). A second series of test programming from SBS was to follow in 1980 before the broadcaster’s official launch in October 1980.
22 July 1981: Victoria’s television stations are forced to be restricted to only two hours of programming between 6 and 8pm in a bid to stem widespread power usage across the state following a snap strike called by power workers in the Latrobe Valley — Nothing on TV! [2022]
22 July 2008: SBS screens Walk Like A Man. Narrated by Ian Roberts, the documentary traces the journey of two gay rugby teams, the San Francisco Fog and the Sydney Convicts, as they prepare to battle in the Bingham Cup.
22 July 2010: ABC launches ABC News 24, the first 24-hour free-to-air news channel in Australia — ABC News 24 programming unveiled [2010]
22 July 2010: ABC1 premieres four-part documentary series The Making Of Modern Australia, looking at the social and cultural shifts in postwar Australia, told through the stories and memories of ordinary Australians.