It happened on Wednesday.
- Captain James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia under instruction from King George III of
England on 22 August 1770 at Possession Island, naming eastern Australia
'New South Wales'.
- John Lennon, one of the founding members of The Beatles, was born 9th October 1940, in the Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool, to Julia Lennon and Alfred Lennon.
- World War 2 with Japan ended Tuesday August 1945 Japan Standard Time with the annoucement by Emperor Hirohito
that his Government had accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration which
called for Unconditional Surrender.
- 6th February 1952 King George VI dies in his sleep.
King George VI, died peacefully in his sleep at Sandringham House.
- Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space on Tuesday April 12th, 1961.
- 6th November 1968 Richard Nixon wins contest to become US president.
- 26th september 1973 Concorde made its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
The French model of the supersonic airliner flew from the US capital, Washington, to Orly airport in Paris in three hours 32 minutes.
The pilots, Jean Franchi and Gilbert Defer, cut the previous record for a transatlantic airliner journey in half, flying the plane at an average speed of 954 mph (1,535 kph).
- Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia, 25th december 1974, devastating high winds of up to 135mph and driving rain tore through homes, flooded streets and left up to 90% of the town in ruins. 65 people died and 145 were seriously injured.
- 30th April 1975, the war in Vietnam ended, the government in Saigon announced its unconditional surrender to North Vietnamese forces.
- Franco's 36-year reign ends, 29th October 1975, General Franco's dictatorship ended, heir designate Prince Juan Carlos took over as provisional head of state for Spain.
Franco fell ill suffering a massive series of heart attacks and internal bleeding.