ON THIS DAY

1831: Publication starts of The Sydney Herald (later The Sydney Morning Herald), Australia’s oldest still-existing newspaper.

1906: A giant earthquake strikes San Francisco. leaving more than 1000 dead.

1909: 15th-century French heroine Joan of Arc is beatified at a ceremony at the Vatican.

1934: The first laundromat, the Washeteria, is opened at Fort Worth, Texas, by JF Cantrell.

1955: German-born physicist Albert Einstein dies in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 76.

1980: Former Rhodesia becomes independent Zimbabwe.

2016: Johnny Depp and Amber Heard apologise for smuggling their dogs Boo and Pistol into Australia.

Birthdays: Hayley Mills, British actor (1946-); Conan O’Brien, US talk show host (1963-); Samantha Jade, Australian singer (1987-).