ON THIS DAY

1520: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic.

1919: Lady Nancy Astor is elected first woman member of Britain’s Parliament.

1932: Dog on Tucker Box statue unveiled by Prime Minister Joe Lyons near Gundagai, NSW. 1943: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British PM Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin meet in Tehran during World War II. 1948: First GM Holden goes on sale in Australia. 1975: East Timor declares independence from Portugal.

2006: South Africa’s upper house of parliament passes a bill to legalise gay marriage.

2016: A Colombian plane crashes with a Brazilian soccer team aboard, killing 71 people. Birthdays: Australian cricketer Keith Miller (19192004); US TV host Jon Stewart (1962-); Australian actor Ryan Kwanten (1976-).