ON THIS DAY

1837: Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne on the death of her uncle, King William IV.

1909: Actor Errol Flynn is born in Hobart.

1943: Japanese aircraft bomb Darwin 64 times during the Second World War.

1947: Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel is shot dead at the Beverly Hills mansion of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, at the order of mob associates.

1973: Juan Peron returns to Argentina after an 18-year exile.

1994: US athlete OJ Simpson pleads not guilty to the murder of his ex-wife and her friend.

2014: US says more than 50 million people worldwide were displaced at the end of last year, the largest number since World War II.

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys co-founder (1942-); John Taylor (Duran Duran), English musician (1960-); Nicole Kidman, Australian actress (1967-);