IT HAPPENED TODAY
Following his arrest for treason, Cardinal Wolsey was recalled to London and died on the way at Leicester. He was buried there in Abbey Park.
1832:
Louisa M Alcott, author of Little Women, was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
1895:
Busby Berkeley, choreographer and director who devised a style which revolutionised Hollywood musicals, was born. His kaleidoscopic ballets, with overhead shots to show the changing patterns his dancers could create, were his trademark in films such as 42nd Street and Gold Diggers Of 1933.
1907:
Florence Nightingale
the ‘Lady of the Lamp’, was presented with the Order of Merit by Edward VII for her work during the Crimean War.
1932:
The first performance took place of Cole Porter’s The Gay Divorcee in New York starring Fred Astaire and featuring the song Night And Day.
First broadcast of a royal wedding — that of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina in Westminster Abbey.
1954:
Sir George Robey, comedian and actor, died. He introduced the song If You Were The Only Girl In The World during the First World War.
1986:
Debonair British-born actor Cary Grant died.
2010:
A French couple came forward with 271 previously unknown works by Picasso — a staggering trove worth £50m.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR:
Prince Harry announced a new scholarship programme to enable promising hospitality workers from the Caribbean the chance to train at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
Dame Shirley Porter, former politician, 87; Jacques Chirac, French politician, 85; Ryan Giggs
former footballer, 44; Anna Faris, actress, 41.