ON THIS DAY

1692:

British fleet defeats French Navy at La Hogue, ending attempted invasion of England.

Australian Patriotic Association is formed to campaign for a changed Constitution for the colony.

Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal become the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia, largest of Soviet Union’s 15 republics

Britain says intelligence service MI5 is reviewing its processes following a suicide bomb attack which killed 22 people in Manchester.

John F Kennedy, US president (19171963); Noel Gallagher, British musician of Oasis fame (1967-); Myf Warhurst, Australia radio and TV presenter (1973-).

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