Today in history
37 — Roman Emperor Tiberius, having retired to Capri, dies on a visit to the Italian mainland.
1527 — Mogul Emperor Barbar defeats Hindu Confederacy at Kanwanha, India.
1534 — England severs all relations with the Pope.
1812 — Austria, in alliance with France, agrees to provide an army for Napoleon Bonaparte.
1844 — Greece adopts constitution with two chambers.
1850 — Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter is published.
1898 — Aubrey Beardsley, British artist and illustrator, dies of consumption, aged 25.
1906 — Japan nationalises its railways.
1935 — Germany repudiates disarmament clauses of Versailles Treaty that ended World War I.
1978 — Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped by Red Brigades guerillas, he is later killed; About 220,000 tonnes of oil are spilled after the Amoco Cadiz runs aground off the Britanny coast.
1988 — In Panama, General Manuel Antonio Noriega survives what he claims was US- inspired coup attempt.
1994 — Russia agrees to phase out production of weapons-grade plutonium.
1995 — Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams meets US President Bill Clinton for the first time.
1999 — The entire European Commission, the top executive body of the European Union, resigns after allegations of corruption and inefficiency.
2003 — Anti-war demonstrations across the United States, including an estimated 10,000 protesters in Chicago.
2007 — Senator Santo Santoro resigns his ageing portfolio after revealing a long list of undeclared share trading activities.
2011 — Australia, Britain and Germany advise their citizens in Japan to consider leaving Tokyo and earthquake-affected areas, joining a growing number of governments and businesses telling their people it may be safer elsewhere.
2016 — Presidential candidate Donald Trump has once again defied all odds by winning big in the latest Republican primaries, while Hillary Clinton has secured her place as the Democratic frontrunner. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (1787-1854); Jerry Lewis, US comedian (1926-); Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director (1940-); Jerry Jeff Walker, US singersongwriter (1942-); Erik Estrada, US actor (1949-); Flavor Flav, US rap singer (1959-); Jens Stoltenberg, former Norwegian prime minister (1959-); Lauren Graham, US actress (1967-); Nicole Trunfio, Australian model (1986-).