Today in NZ history- 27/01/1962 - Peter Snell breaks world mile recordThe 23-year-old Olympic 800-m champion hoped to run the first four-minute mile on New Zealand soil. In fact, he broke Australian Herb Elliott’s 3½-year-old world record by the smallest possible margin, 0.1 seconds.
- 27/01/1962 - Peter Snell breaks world mile recordThe 23-year-old Olympic 800-m champion hoped to run the first four-minute mile on New Zealand soil. In fact, he broke Australian Herb Elliott’s 3½-year-old world record by the smallest possible margin, 0.1 seconds.
- 28/01/1827 - D'Urville sails through 'French Pass'In a feat of navigational daring – and after several attempts – the French explorer Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville sailed the Astrolabe from Tasman Bay through the narrow ‘French Pass’ into Admiralty Bay in the Marlborough Sounds.
- 28/01/1901 - Hardham wins Victoria Cross in South AfricaWellington blacksmith William Hardham served in South Africa with the fourth New Zealand contingent. He was the only New Zealander awarded a Victoria Cross during the South African War.
- 27/01/1962 - Peter Snell breaks world mile record
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