ON THIS DAY

1613: The original Globe Theatre in London burns down during Shakespeare’s Henry VIII.

1880: The South Pacific island of Tahiti is formally annexed by France.

1912: Bill Hart wins the first air race in Australia from Sydney to Parramatta.

1949: South Africa begins its apartheid program by enacting a ban against mixed marriages. 1995: US space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian space station Mir, forming largest humanmade satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

2007: Police in London defuse a lethal mix of gasoline, propane and nails discovered in a car. 2014: Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ trial for murder resumes after month-long adjournment. Birthdays: Australian land-rights campaigner Eddie Mabo (1936-1992); Australian rugby player and author Peter FitzSimons (1961-); NZ comic actor and musician Bret McKenzie (1976-).