THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1871 - Queen Victoria opens the Royal Albert Hall in London in memory of her late consort Prince Albert.

1901 - Tasmania, NSW, Victoria and Western Australia vote for members of the first Australian parliament.

1912 - English Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott dies as his expedition attempts to return after reaching the South Pole.

1951 - The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The

King and I, starring Yul Brynner, opens on Broadway.

1967 - France launches its first nuclear submarine.

1973 - Last American troops leave South Vietnam.

1990 - Prime Minister Bob Hawke claims victory in Australia’s federal election, becoming the first Labor leader to win four consecutive terms.

1994 - Serbs and Croats sign a ceasefire to end the war between them in Croatia.

2015 - Australia defeats New Zealand in the ICC Cricket World Cup final.