ON THIS DAY

1040:

It is thought that Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, England. Mary, Queen of Scots, claims title of Queen of England in opposition to Elizabeth I.

The 114-day Battle of Britain starts as Nazi forces begin attacking southern England by air. British rock group The Rolling Stones score their first number-one hit in the US – Satisfaction. One crew member dies when French saboteurs bomb the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland.

Boris Yeltsin takes an oath of office as first elected president of Russia.

Labor leader Bill Shorten concedes defeat to Malcolm Turnbull in the federal election. Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer (1940-); Adam Hills, Australian comedian (1970-); Schapelle Corby, Australian convicted drug smuggler (1977-).

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