ON THIS DAY

30BC:

Cleopatra of Egypt commits suicide by letting an asp bite her.

The first permanent settlement of Melbourne is organised on the north shore of the Yarra.

Clement Ader patents the first stereophonic sound system in Germany. Hubert Booth patents the vacuum cleaner. “Hotline” between the Kremlin and the White House, designed to reduce the risk of accidental war, is installed.

Bart Cummings, veteran horse trainer who trained 12 Melbourne Cup winners, dies at 87.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says “the risk of war gets greater” each time North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un engages in a provocative act.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English author (1797-1851); John Peel, British DJ (19392004); Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer (1985-).

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