ON THIS DAY

1718: Alexis, heir to Russia’s Peter the Great, is murdered at the instigation of his father.

1815: Allied forces enter Paris, following Napoleon Bonaparte’s abdication.

1841: Edward John Eyre arrives in Albany after the first crossing of the Nullarbor Plain.

1961: Melbourne’s King Street Bridge collapses.

1986: Australians Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers hanged in Malaysia for drug trafficking.

2002: Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt wins men’s singles crown at Wimbledon.

2005: Four bomb blasts on London transport during morning rush hour killing 56 people.

2015: Malcolm Turnbull downplays the threat of Islamic State on Australia’s national security.

Birthdays: Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911); British drummer Ringo Starr (1940-); British comedian Bill Oddie (1941-); Australian ALF player Michael Voss (1975-).