ON THIS DAY

69:

Roman Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba, who succeeded Nero in 68AD, is assassinated by the Praetorian guard in the Roman Forum.

King Henry VIII assumes title of Supreme Head of the Church in England.

Fifty-five convicts are tried after a mutiny on Norfolk Island; 29 are condemned to death and 13 are executed.

Darwin gets connected for the first time; mail is delivered to individual addresses and direct telephone dialling is introduced.

US singer Harry Nilsson dies of heart failure, aged 53.

Large swaths of Queensland, including Brisbane, are devastated by the worst flooding in decades after heavy rainfalls.

Martin Luther King, American civil rights leader (1929-1968); James Nesbitt, Irish actor (1965-); Greg Inglis, ARL player (1987-).

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