ON THIS DAY

1917: The 4th Light Horse Brigade makes a bold charge through the Turkish lines at Beersheba. 1940: Battle of Britain in World War II is officially designated to have ended.

1968: President Lyndon Johnson orders a halt to all US bombing of North Vietnam.

1974: Britain, France and the US veto a motion at the UN to expel South Africa.

1984: India’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is shot and mortally wounded by her Sikh bodyguards. 1987: Iran agrees to co-operate on implementing the UN Security Council’s ceasefire resolution. 1998: Iraq announces it will no longer allow UN weapons inspectors to work in the country. 2014: Council assisting the royal commission clears former PM Julia Gillard of any crime. Birthdays: Australian boxer Les Darcy (18951917); US comic actor John Candy (1950-1994); NZ film director Peter Jackson (1961-).