ON THIS DAY

1560:

Charles IX succeeds as King of France on death of Francis II.

Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in Paris to command forces for an invasion of England.

Florence Taylor, in a glider, becomes the first woman to fly in Australia.

First Australian Woolworths store opens in the Imperial Arcade in Sydney.

The US and Soviet Union agree to cooperate in peaceful uses of outer space.

South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, 95, dies.

Thousands take to New York streets to condemn police killings of black suspects.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key unexpectedly announces he is resigning.

US cavalry leader George Custer (1839-1876); US cartoonist Walt Disney (19011966); Australian politician Cheryl Kernot (1948-).

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