5 November 1977: John Hargreaves and Barbara Llewellyn (Young Ramsay)
5 November 2005: Bridie Carter (McLeod’s Daughters)
5 November 1956: New TV Station — ABN2, Sydney — TV At 60: Opening Night of ABC [2016]
5 November 1974: The Melbourne Cup is televised in colour for the first time.
5 November 2002: The Seven Network is the exclusive broadcaster of the Melbourne Cup for the first time, taking over the rights from Network Ten.
5 November 1986: The Nine Network premieres the mini-series Cyclone Tracy, a fictionalised account of the days before and after Cyclone Tracy wiped out the city of Darwin in 1974. Starring Tracy Mann, Chris Haywood, Nicholas Hammond, Tony Barry, Linda Cropper, Caroline Gillmer, Aileen Britton, Jack Webster, Paul Pryor, Nicholas Papademetriou, Noel Hodda and Kate Ritchie — Cyclone Tracy: The mini-series [2014]
5 November 1993: ABC presents the Australian Film Institute Awards, live from the Wesley Centre, Sydney.
5 November 2006: ABC presents the 90-minute special The ABC Of Our Lives, a nostalgic look at 50 years of ABC television, narrated by John Clarke. Includes interviews with former ABC personalities including Lorrae Desmond, Bill Peach and Garry McDonald.
