ON THIS DAY

321:

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

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

John Logie Baird transmits the world’s first colour television pictures in London. Rationing brought on by World War II finally ends in Britain, nine years after it ended. Brian Jones, a founding member of the Rolling Stones, drowns in his pool.

The Doors singer Jim Morrison dies in Paris aged 27.

Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh, 55, is stabbed to death at his home in South Australia. Sir Richard Hadlee, NZ cricketer (1951-); Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher and internet activist (1971-); Tom Cruise, American actor (1962-).

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