ON THIS DAY

321: Roman emperor Constantine, a Christian, proclaims Sunday a day of rest and religious observance.

1583: Russia’s Tsar Ivan the Terrible kills his son Ivan in a fit of rage.

1928: John Logie Baird transmits the world’s first colour television pictures in London. 1954: Rationing started by World War II finally ends in Britain, nine years after the war ended. 1969: Brian Jones, a founding member of the Rolling Stones, drowns in his swimming pool. 1971: Singer Jim Morrison of The Doors dies in Paris aged 27.

2015: Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh, 55, is stabbed to death. His 26-year-old son is charged with his murder.

Birthdays: Australian singer Judith Durham (1943-); US actor Tom Cruise (1962-); Australian founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange (1971-).