ON THIS DAY

1689: William and Mary are crowned King and Queen of England.

1919: A New Zealand referendum votes against prohibition.

1945: US troops capture the German towns of Essen and Weimar and liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.

1954: Canberra-based Soviet diplomat-spy Vladimir Petrov renounces Communism and seeks political asylum in Australia.

1984: Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed the national anthem

2011: Arthur Freeman is jailed for life for throwing his four-year-old daughter Darcey off Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge.

Birthdays: Jeremy Clarkson, British TV presenter (1960-); Cerys Matthews, Welsh musician and broadcaster (1969-); James Magnussen, Australian swimmer (1991-).