ON THIS DAY

1040: Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, England.

1858: Four die in Australia’s first rail crash, at Lidcombe, NSW.

1965: British rock group The Rolling Stones score their first number-one hit in the US with Satisfaction.

1985: One crew member dies when French saboteurs bomb the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland.

2015: Thousands of holiday-makers on Bali are stranded as flights are cancelled because of clouds of volcanic ash from Mount Raung.

2016: Labor leader Bill Shorten concedes defeat in the federal election as Malcolm Turnbull becomes Prime Minister.

Birthdays: Marcel Proust, French writer (18711922); Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer (1940-); Jessica Simpson, US singer (1980-).