ON THIS DAY

1324: 1868:

Death of Italian explorer Marco Polo.

The Hougoumont, the last convict ship to come to Australia, arrives at Fremantle. On board are 279 convicts and 108 passengers.

The evacuation of the last 17,000 British troops from Cape Helles brings the Gallipoli campaign to an end.

Death of Australian quizmaster Bob Dyer. Actor Toni Collette and her musician husband Dave Galafassi welcome their first child, Sage Florence.

Death in NSW of Michael Chamberlain, NZborn pastor who was falsely implicated with his then-wife Lindy in the disappearance and death of their baby daughter Azaria in 1980. Richard Nixon, US president (19131994); Morris Gleitzman, Australian children’s author (1953-); Bill Leak, Australian cartoonist (1956-2017).

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