The music superstar who insulted millions of Australians
Events began to head downhill when Australian journalists eager for an interview with him pursued Sinatra through the streets of Melbourne.
Then the tour imploded when he fronted a media conference and made a lewd and sexist remark about female journalists, regarded as a verbal attack on Australian women.
It resulted in the scrapping of a his second Melbourne concert and airport workers announcing a ban on his private jet.
When Sinatra arrived in Sydney, he was besieged in his hotel by angry reporters demanding an apology.
In the end, the crisis was defused by the intervention of trade union leader and future prime minister Bob Hawke, shown right, who persuaded the musician to express "regret" about his remarks.
On leaving Australia, Sinatra said: "A funny thing happened in Australia. I made one mistake. I got off the plane."
Australian woman Mary Donaldson married Danish Crown Prince Frederik on May 14, 2004 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Their romance began in 2000 when Mary Donaldson met the heir to one of Europe's oldest monarchies over drinks during the Sydney Olympics.
Mary became Queen of Denmark in January, 2024, when her husband was crowned King Frederik X.
More than 76 million people watched the last two-part final episode of the Seinfeld television show on May 14.
Created by American comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the sitcom ran for nine seasons after its 1989 debut, winning 10 Primetime Emmy Awards and becoming one of the most beloved network television comedies of all time.
On May 14, 1943, the Australian hospital ship Centaur was sunk off the Queensland coast by a Japanese submarine killing 268 people, including a unit of nurses.
"Avenge the nurses" became a widely used World War II slogan as part of the Australian government's propaganda effort.
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