ON THIS DAY

1915: The last Australian soldiers are evacuated from Gallipoli in World War I.

1960: The Vietcong, a guerrilla army, is founded in South Vietnam.

1963: The Berlin Wall is opened for the first time to West Berliners for one-day visits to the East.

1986: Up to 30,000 Chinese students march for democracy through Shanghai.

1991: The South African government and the ANC begin talks on rewriting the constitution.

1999: The Vermont Supreme Court in the US rules that gay couples must be granted same benefits given as other married couples.

2002: The US, Russia, the European Union and the UN meet to discuss an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement.

Australian politician Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1978); Australian TV host Ray Martin (1944-); US comic actor Jonah Hill (1983-).