3 August 1968: Ed Devereaux (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo)

3 August 1974: Rod Mullinar and Brenda Addie (Bellbird)

3 August 1986: Josephine Mitchell (A Country Practice)

3 August 1991: Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now)

3 August 1996: Melissa George and Corey Glaister (Home And Away)

3 August 2002: Georgie Parker (All Saints)

3 August 2002: Claudia Karvan and Samuel Johnson (The Secret Life Of Us)

3 August 1964: First weekday transmission for Melbourne’s new channel, ATV0. Nancy Cato, Alec Finlay and Michael Boddy host the debut of the station’s afternoon program, The Children’s Show. The show becomes a predecessor to The Magic Circle Club, which debuts in 1965 and screens nationally.

3 August 1976: The 0-10 Network presents the 6th annual Australian Popular Song Festival from Dallas Brooks Hall, Melbourne, to decide which song will represent Australia at the World Popular Song Festival in Japan. Includes performances by Denis Walter, Robin Jolley, Dove, Marty Rhone, Debbie Byrne, The Moir Sisters, Matt Flinders and Ronnie Burns.

3 August 1979: One-Day Miller, the comedy spin-off from the Tickled Pink series, debuts on ABC, starring Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Lucky Grills and Willie Fennell.

3 August 1996: Network Ten premieres animated series The Silver Brumby, including the voices of John Higginson and Rebecca Gibney.

3 August 2003: Network Ten presents For Holly: The Comedy Concert Of 2003, a charity event held in July in memory of Holly Robinson, the daughter of the former ABC executive Ted Robinson and casting director Ann Robinson. Diagnosed with cancer in 2000, it was Holly’s plan to organise a fund raising event for cancer research. She died in April 2003, aged 27. The concert included performances by Wil Anderson, Andrew Denton, Gareth Gates, Richard Fidler, Tim Ferguson, Flacco and Sandman, Tim Freedman, Corinne Grant, Wendy Harmer, Dave Hughes, Marcia Hines, Jean Kittson, Jeannie Lewis, Paul McDermott, Julie McCrossin, Indira Naidoo and The Wiggles.

3 August 2008: After 27 years, the final edition of Nine’s morning current affairs show Sunday — Sunday, Nightline given the chop

3 August 2012: The final edition of Network Ten’s mid-morning program The Circle — The Circle axed, but Breakfast stays.