ON THIS DAY
312 Constantine defeats Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge in Italy to become sole Roman emperor.
1834 More
than 15 Aborigines die in fighting at Pinjarra, Western Australia, as soldiers and police open fire and blacks fight back with spears. Governor James Stirling ordered the raid to stop attacks on settlers.
1886 The
Statue of Liberty is dedicated by US president Grover Cleveland.
1940 Greek
PM Ioannis Metaxas rejects Mussolini’s ultimatum to cede territory resulting in an Italian invasion of Greece.
1962 The
Cuban missile crisis ends, with the Soviet Union promising to remove missiles from the island and the US to remove nuclear warheads from Turkey.
1965 Pope
Paul VI decrees that the crucifixion of Jesus Christ cannot be blamed on the Jews.
1968 The
missing US nuclear-powered submarine Scorpion is fo found. All 99 crew died w when it sank in unknown c circumstances.
1968 1 Twice-
daily mail deliveries, an u urban standard since federation, cease around A Australia.
2008 2 Qantas
agrees to pay a $20 million fine under a deal reached w with the competition w watchdog, after owning up to price-fixing in the a airfreight market.
2019 2 After
failing to pass his “Brexit” deal through parliament UK PM Boris Johnson attempts to call an election without success. The European Union meanwhile votes to allow an extension of the date for Britain’s exit from the EU to January 2020.