ON THIS DAY

1215: King John signs the Magna Carta, granting his barons more liberty, at Runnymede, England. 1752: Benjamin Franklin shows relationship between lightning and electricity when he launches a kite during a storm in Philadelphia. 1920: The first radio broadcast of live music takes place in England featuring Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba. 1944: US forces begin invasion of Japanese-held Saipan Island in the Marianas in Pacific. 1972: The Concorde 002 lands at Darwin Airport during its round-the-world demonstration flight. 1992: Australian artist Brett Whiteley, 53, dies of a heroin overdose. 2015: The Vatican orders its first paedophilia trial of former archbishop Jozef Wesolowski. Birthdays: British explorer and surveyor of Australia Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855); Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907).