Highlights in history on this date:1536 - Sir Francis Weston, Mark Smeaton and other alleged lovers of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, go on trial in London for treason. 1824 - Colonel George Arthur, who created the Port Arthur convict settlement, arrives in Hobart and remains Tasmanian Governor for 12 years. 1943 - Battle of North Africa ends in World War II with German surrender of Cap Bon in Tunisia. 2002 - Former US President Jimmy Carter travels to Cuba for talks with President Fidel Castro and the nation's leading dissidents. Thought For Today:A mother never realises that her children are no longer children - Holbrook Jackson, British critic and historian (1874-1948).

Source: Daily Mail May 11, 2018 14:12 UTC