ON THIS DAY

64AD: Great fire of Rome begins.

1536: The Pope’s authority is declared void in England.

1872: Britain introduces voting by secret ballot.

1923: The British Matrimonial Causes Act gives women equality in divorce suits.

1969: A car driven by US Senator Edward M Kennedy plunges off a bridge in Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts, and passenger Mary Jo Kopechne drowns.

1994: Terrorists bomb a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 95.

2017: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces a new super ministry to manage national security.

Birthdays: Nelson Mandela, South African president (1918-2013); Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer (1949-); Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian (1962-).