ON THIS DAY

1836: Snow falls in Sydney, with reports of people making snowballs in Enmore.

1838: The coronation of Queen Victoria takes place in Westminster Abbey.

1880: Bushranger Ned Kelly is wounded and captured at Glenrowan, Victoria.

1919: The Treaty of Versailles is signed in France, formally ending World War I.

1996: Russian troops begin a long-promised pullout from Chechnya.

1999: The UN officially begins its repatriation of Kosovo refugees.

2004: The US hands over sovereignty to the Iraqis, two days ahead of schedule.

2014: Iraqi government launches its biggest push yet to wrest back ground lost to Sunni militants.

Birthdays: English king Henry VIII (1491-1547); Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640); US actor John Cusack (1966-).