ON THIS DAY

1498:

Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the New World, arrives at the island of Trinidad.

MGM’s Leo the Lion roars for the first time, in the company’s first talking motion picture, White Shadows in the South Seas.

US Ranger 7 spacecraft transmits to Earth first close-up pictures of the moon.

US government panel approves use of gene therapy in treatment of human disease.

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is fired just 10 days into the job, after a profanity-laden conversation criticising a number of senior figures with a reporter.

1928: 1964: 1990: 2017: Birthdays:

Heather McKay, Australian squash champion (1941-); Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis champion (1951-); JK Rowling, British author (1965-).