Timetrip

1879: British-Zulu War begins in Africa.

1915: The US House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the vote.

1945: German forces retreat in disorder in Battle of the Bulge in Belgium during World War II.

1958: Soviet Union proposes zone free of nuclear weapons from Arctic Circle to Mediterranean.

1967: China’s Army pledges support to Mao Zedong during disorder triggered by Chinese Cultural Revolution.

1986: Brisbane’s Gateway Bridge opens, with 5000 cars passing every hour.

1991: US Congress grants President George Bush authority to use force to drive Iraq from Kuwait.

1993: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Japan, killing 196 .

2010: An earthquake devastates Haiti, killing 230,000 people, injuring 300,000 and leaving more than one million homeless.

2017: Robert Xie is found guilty by a NSW jury of the murder of five of his wife’s relatives, including two children.

BIRTHDAYS: Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader (1893-1946); Joe Frazier, US boxer (1944-2011); Kirstie Alley (above), US actress (1951-).