ON THIS DAY

1329:

Robert the Bruce, who seized the Scottish throne in 1306, dies of leprosy.

Spain and Portugal, by Treaty of Tordesillas, agree to divide the New World between themselves.

Britain and US sign treaty to suppress the slave trade.

Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of passive resistance is born when he is thrown off a segregated train in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

In the wake of an ABC Four Corners expose, the Australian government suspends live cattle exports to Indonesia: a move that will cost the industry hundreds of millions of dollars.

Tom Jones, Welsh-born pop singer (1940-); Liam Neeson, actor (1952-); Prince, US singer- songwriter (1958-2016), Iggy Azalea, Australian rapper (1990-).

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