ON THIS DAY

1827:

Death of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Nazi Germany begins sending Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

US researcher Dr Jonas E Salk announces new vaccine to immunise against polio.

Women are allowed on the floor of the London Stock Exchange for the first time. Australia introduces the $100 banknote. Bill Clinton becomes the first American head of state to visit South Africa.

Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams, leaders of Northern Ireland’s major Protestant and Catholic parties, open face-to-face relations after four decades of conflict and announce a stunning deal to create a power-sharing administration.

Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (1909-1971); Leonard Nimoy, US actor (19312015); Keira Knightley, English actress (1985-).

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