29 August 1981: Ernie Sigley (Wheel Of Fortune)
29 August 1981: ATV10’s annual Deafness Appeal Telethon raises funds for the Nerve Deafness Foundation. Featuring throughout the day are Network Ten personalities including stars of Prisoner, Holiday Island, The Restless Years, Good Morning Australia, Young Talent Time, Search For A Star, Fat Cat And Friends, Simon Townsend’s Wonder World and Eyewitness News.
29 August 1994: Network Ten premieres children’s series Ocean Girl, starring Kerry Armstrong and Marzena Godecki (pictured). The series ran for three years and sold well overseas.
29 August 1996: The special If You Have A Heart (Nine) looks at the work of Sydney’s St Vincent’s Heart Transplant Unit and follows two patients waiting for heart donors.
29 August 2015: The Seven Network launches new channel Racing.com — Channel 78 is off and racing… [2015]
