ON THIS DAY

1543: Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr.

1930: Don Bradman sets a Test record with an innings of 334 against England at Leeds.

1941: British-Soviet mutual aid pact of World War II is signed.

1962: The Rolling Stones make their first appearance at the Marquee Club in London. 1979: The abandoned US space station Skylab makes a spectacular return to Earth.

2008: North Korea agrees to disable its main nuclear main reactor by that October.

2010: The International Criminal Court charges Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir with three genocide counts.

Birthdays: Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar (100BC-44BC); British pottery maker Elijah Wedgewood (1730-1795); Australian surgeon and war hero Ernest “Weary” Dunlop (1907-1993).