ON THIS DAY

1614: American Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. 1895: Irish writer Oscar Wilde loses his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who accused the writer of homosexual practices. 1932: Australian greatest racehorse, Phar Lap, which won 37 of its 51 starts, dies in California, days after winning the Agua Caliente race in Mexico. 1974: New York’s World Trade Center opens. 2002: The coffin of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is carried through London on a gun carriage. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Bette Davis, US actor (1908-1989); Gregory Peck, US actor (19162003); Agnetha Faltskog, member of Swedish pop group ABBA (1950-); Pharrell Williams, American rapper and producer (1973-); Quade Cooper, Australian rugby union player (1988-).