Timetrip

1788: Convicted thief Thomas Barrett becomes the first person to be sentenced to death in NSW colony. 1881: Boers defeat British force at Majuba Hill in South Africa. 1900: British Labour Party is formed with Ramsay MacDonald as secretary. 1952: The UN holds its first meetings in its new permanent headquarters in New York. 1968: Britain’s House of Commons approves bill to restrict immigration of coloured people to Britain. 1986: Ousted president Ferdinand Marcos starts life in exile in Hawaii after his hurried departure from Philippines. 1997: Divorce becomes legal in Ireland. 2001: A mob of native Dayak fighters in Indonesia attack and massacre at least 118 migrants travelling under police escort. 2010: One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tears apart buildings and highways in central Chile, kills more than 500. 2015: Actor Leonard Nimoy (above), who played the pointy-eared, logical Mr Spock in Star Trek, dies aged 83.