ON THIS DAY

602:

Roman Emperor Maurice and his five sons are beheaded at Chalcedon in Asia Minor. Sydney’s Town Hall officially opened. Australia’s HMAS Parramatta is sunk by a German submarine near Tobruk.

The Soviet Union proposes immediate ban on nuclear testing without international controls. John Major elected British prime minister. US President George W. Bush pays an unannounced visit to US troops in Baghdad to celebrate Thanksgiving holiday.

Cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being hit in the head by a bouncer at the SCG. A four-week-old monkey stolen from a NSW zoo is found and reunited with its mother. Swedish astronomer (inventor of Celsius scale) Anders Celsius (1701-1744); US rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970); Australian motorbike champion Troy Corser (1971-).

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