ON THIS DAY

1792: France’s national anthem, La Marseillaise, is composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

1945: US forces liberate Dachau concentration camp.

1953: British statesman Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1970: China launches its first satellite.

1998: In front of a cheering crowd, 22 Rwandans convicted of genocide are executed by firing squad in Kigali.

2013: The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory complex in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka kills 1129 people and injures thousands.

2018: A van mounts a footpath in the Canadian city of Toronto and runs down pedestrians, leaving 10 dead and 15 injured.

St Vincent de Paul, French priest and founder of charity orders (1576-1600); Barbra Streisand, US actor and singer (1942-).