ON THIS DAY

1788: After the First Fleet’s landing at Port Jackson, Captain Arthur Phillip takes formal possession of the Colony of New South Wales and becomes its first governor.

1926: Scottish inventor John Logie Baird displays his first television images, demonstrated on his television apparatus in Soho, London.

1965: Hindi becomes the official language of India, leading to riots in the south.

1976: ABC starts FM radio service with stations in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

1998: US President Bill Clinton denies having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

2015: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announces his decision to bestow a knighthood on Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Paul Newman, US actor (1925-2008); Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer (1954-); Ellen DeGeneres, US actress (1958-).