TODAY IN HISTORY

760 Cuthbert, the AngloSaxon Archbishop of Canterbury, dies. He is later revered as St Cuthbert of Canterbury.

1861 John McDouall Stuart’s team of 10 men leave Adelaide with 71 horses to cross over to Australia’s north coast, near what is now Darwin.

1863 The Football Association is formed at a meeting at Freemasons’ Tavern in Great Queen St, London, and soccer’s first rules are drafted.

1878 Ned Kelly’s gang shoots dead Sergeant Michael Kennedy and constables Thomas Lonigan and Michael Scanlon at Stringybark Creek in Victoria. The remaining constable, Thomas McIntyre, flees in terror.

1881 The Earp brothers (including Wyatt) and Doc Holliday kill three of the Clanton gang during the gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

1944 The Japanese fleet is defeated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the world’s biggest naval battle. 1953 John

Wren, illegal gambling baron of Melbourne who rose to riches and political power, dies at 82.

1985 Governor- general Ninian Stephen hands Pitjantjatjara traditional owners the title deeds to the Uluru area. The arrangement requires a leaseback to the National Parks and Wildlife Service and joint management by members of the local Mutitjulu community and the service.

2018 Police arrest Republican and President Donald Trump supporter Cesar Sayoc for sending mail bombs to prominent Democrats and opponents of Trump.

2019 The last tourists climb Uluru before it is finally closed to climbers.