ON THIS DAY

1689: France’s King Louis XIV declares war on Britain.

1798: Napoleon Bonaparte enters Cairo with his French troops.

1814: George Stephenson of England tests his first steam locomotive.

1871: William Schneider of Davenport, Iowa, invents the merry-go-round.

1946: The US makes the first underwater test of an atomic bomb off the atoll of Bikini in the Pacific Ocean.

1978: World’s first test-tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, is born in Lancashire, England.

1998: US President Bill Clinton subpoenaed to testify in the Monica Lewinsky case.

Birthdays: Australian Rules great Charles “Chas” Brownlow (1861-1924); Australian musician (The Seekers) Bruce Woodley (1942-); US actor Matt LeBlanc (1967-).