#OnThisDay As ten million striking workers demanded the end of his regime, President Charles de Gaulle dissolved the French National Assembly and announced new elections. The Herald’s European correspondent T. S. Monks reported. smh.com.au/world/europe/f… The Sydney Morning Herald

#OnThisDay Watched by an audience of millions (and a very young Prince Charles), Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in a “majestic, yet simply moving” ceremony at Westminster Abbey, 70 years ago. smh.com.au/world/europe/f… The Sydney Morning Herald

#OnThisDay in 1995: The public gallery in parliament gave Prime Minister Paul Keating a standing ovation at the end of his speech outlining his vision for a republic. theage.com.au/national/from-… The Age

#OnThisDay One hundred and eighty years ago, the Herald’s letter page was a cruel place, as young Francis Forbes discovered when he shared his vision of a steam-powered flying machine. smh.com.au/national/nsw/f… The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Letters

Librarians Belinda Toumazis and Helen Bayliss at work in the SMH reference library on March 6, 1979, and ex-Herald Librarians reunion at the Sydney Hilton on September 27, 1980. Photos by McNeil and Nobley The Sydney Morning Herald

An Olympic torch is erected on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne on October 26, 1956. 📸 K. Brown #FromTheArchives #Melbourne

Men working on the propeller of the H.M.A.S. Australia at Cockatoo Island Dock, Sydney on June 4, 1930. From the glass plate negative. Staff photographer The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Photography

The offices of the Australian Financial Review pictured on August 9, 1979. Journalist Paddy McGuinness in sunglasses. Photos by David Bartho Financial Review

Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova at Government House, Sydney. Dated either 1926 or 1929. Staff photographer The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Photography #dance #ballet

After a long journey on board the Italian liner Sebastian Caboto, German migrants, Alfred Benz and Gerd Kaufmann, arrive in Melbourne on October 31, 1950. #Fromthearchives #Melbourne #throwbackthursday The Age

An emotional Betty Cuthbert departs Sydney's Mascot Airport for Wales with the Australian Empire Games Team on July 2, 1958. Photo by Frank Burke The Sydney Morning Herald

Jane Birkin performing with her three piece band at The Sydney Theatre, June 16, 2005. The British-French singer and actress has died aged 76. Photo by Domino Postiglione The Sydney Morning Herald

Sinead O'Connor pictured in Sydney on March 18, 2007, and at the Blues & Roots Festival in Byron Bay on March 26, 2008. The Irish singer has died aged 56. Photos by Lisa Wiltse and Edwina Pickles The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Photography

A workman at the Unilever Building at Circular Quay on May 23, 1957. Photo by Gordon Short The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Photography

Shoppers outside the David Jones city store in Sydney on September 4, 1957. Photo by Hugh Ross The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Photography

View of the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge from North Sydney on August 12, 1930. Photo by staff The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Photography

Rugby League Test match between Australia and Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 22 July, 1950. Australia won the game 5-2. Photo by staff The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Sport SMH Photography

After 38 years and more than 10,000 movies, Herald film critic Paul Byrnes has decided to call it a day. Here is his first review, from April 16, 1985. The Sydney Morning Herald @ptbyrnes smharts

Peak hour traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge jammed into four lanes (instead of the usual six) during a national strike on June 21, 1979. Photo by Paul Pearson The Sydney Morning Herald SMH Photography

Another Sydney link with the golden age of newspaper journalism passed this week with the death of George Richards, 89, former chief-of-staff of The Sydney Morning Herald and for years the renowned editor of Column 8. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/h…