ON THIS DAY

1789:

George Washington is inaugurated as first president of United States.

Hawaii becomes a territory of United States.

Radio telephone service begins between Australia and England.

Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker with his wife Eva Braun. President Nixon accepts responsibility for the bugging that took place at the Watergate apartment complex in 1972.

The skeleton of Tasmanian Aborigine Truganini is cremated.

The federal government agrees to fund dialysis treatment in remote communities under Medicare.

1900: 1930: 1945: 1973: 1976: 2018: Birthdays:

Paul Jennings, Australian children’s author (1943-); Jill Clayburgh, US actress (19442010); Ian Healy, Australian cricketer (1964-).