ON THIS DAY

138 Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Emperor of Rome. 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicates England’s King Henry VIII.

1776 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.

1877 Kate Edger becomes New Zealand’s first woman graduate and first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts. 1930 Donald Bradman scores 309 in a day vs England at Leeds.

1977 US Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr.

1995 7000 Bosnian Muslim men are massacred when Bosnian Serbs overrun the UN ‘safe haven’ of Srebrenica. Birthdays: Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (1274-1329); E.B. White, American writer (18991985); Yul Brynner, RussianSwiss actor (1920-1985); Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer (1934-); Leon Spinks, American boxer (1953-)