It happened on September 6...
2007 Tributes flooded in from around the world after opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 71.
1966 Hendrik Verwoerd, South African prime minister since 1958, was assassinated in Parliament in Cape Town by Dimitric Tsafondas.
1941 Yellow Star of David badges became compulsory for all Jews living in Nazi Germany.
1880 England beat Australia at the Oval in the first Test match in England.
1879 The first British telephone exchange opened in London.
THOUGHT Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy - Edmund Burke, Irish-born Whig politician
BIRTHDAYS Greg Rusedski, former tennis player, 35; Tim Henman, former tennis player, 34.