ON THIS DAY

1594: Britain’s Royal Physician Roger Loper is arrested for alleged conspiracy to poison Queen Elizabeth.

1784: John Wesley signs the “deed of declaration” formalising the establishment of the Wesleyan faith, or Methodists.

1931: Sir Oswald Mosley forms the New Party, which later evolves into the British Union of Fascists.

1933: Nazi decree suppresses civil liberties in Germany.

1986: Sweden’s prime minister Olof Palme is assassinated on a street in Stockholm while walking home from a cinema.

1996: Britain’s Princess Diana agrees to divorce her estranged husband Prince Charles.

Birthdays: Vladimir Nijinski, Russian dancer (1890-1950); Brian Jones, British musician and founder of the Rolling Stones (1942-1969).