ON THIS DAY

1043:

Lady Godiva rides naked through the market square in Coventry, England.

Australian explorers Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth reach highest point in Blue Mountains and see fertile plains to the west.

Arthur Stone makes the first powered aircraft flight in Queensland at Rockhampton in a US built monoplane.

Three Japanese midget submarines enter Sydney Harbour; ferry Kuttabul is sunk but all three subs are captured.

The Washington Post revealed that “Deep Throat”, the legendary source who leaked Watergate scandal secrets to its reporters, was former FBI deputy director Mark Felt.

Clint Eastwood, US actor (1930-); (1945-1982); John Bonham, Led Zeppelin drummer (1948-1980); Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist (1955-).

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