ON THIS DAY

1984: Australian Royal Commission starts an investigation into whether servicemen were deliberately exposed to radiation in British nuclear tests at Maralinga in 1956-57. It will conclude that they were.

2001: Terrorists crash two hijacked aeroplanes into the World Trade Centre in New York City.

2003: Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh dies after being stabbed repeatedly the previous day by an unidentified male attacker while shopping at a department store in Stockholm.

2004: Specialist Armin Cruz, the first US military intelligence soldier to be court-martialled over the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, is sentenced to eight months jail

Birthdays: DH Lawrence, English author (18851930); Harry Connick Jr, US actor-singer (1967-); Ben Lee, Australian singer/songwriter (1978-); Chris Brown, vet and TV personality (1978-).