ON THIS DAY

1781: Los Angeles is founded by Spanish settlers and named El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles,

1839: The seaport which was to become Darwin in 1911 is first surveyed by a commander aboard the HMS Beagle.

1909: The world’s first Boy Scout Rally is held at Crystal Palace near London.

2006: Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin dies after the barb of a stingray pierces his chest while diving off Australia’s northeast coast.

2014: President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron press fellow NATO leaders to confront the “brutal and poisonous” Islamic State militant group that is wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria.

Birthdays: Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimming champion (1937-); Noah Taylor, Australian actor (1969-); Beyonce Knowles, US singer (1981-).