ON THIS DAY

1788:

A report from this date records that 52 people (3 marines, 26 male convicts, 12 female convicts and 11 children) had died in the first eight months since settlement in Sydney.

First great disaster to an Atlantic Ocean liner occurs when steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people aboard.

Lores Bonney becomes first woman to fly around Australia.

The Warren Commission issues a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating US President JF Kennedy. 2006: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs into law a sweeping global warming initiative that imposes the first cap on greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

Meat Loaf, US singer (1947-); Greg Ham, Australian musician (Men at Work) (19532012); Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer (1984-).

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