ON THIS DAY

1790:

Supply ship HMS Sirius, one of the vessels in the First Fleet to Australia, is wrecked on Norfolk Island en route to pick up supplies.

Maori War in New Zealand ends with Maori surrender.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. As NSW Premier Jack Lang prepares to cut the ribbon, Francis de Groot dashes up on horseback and cuts it with a sword.

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Group wins approval to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers for a record $US350 million.

NSW ironman and junior surf life saving champion Saxon Bird, 19, dies on the Gold Coast.

David Livingstone, Scottish explorer-missionary (1813-1873); Harvey Weinstein, US film producer, (1952-); Bruce Willis, US actor (1955-); Livinia Nixon, Australian TV presenter (1975-); Lenka, Australian singer (1978-).

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