IT HAPPENED TODAY
1860:
The first weather forecast appeared in The Times.
1870:
Emperor Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, was deposed and the Third Republic declared in France.
1886:
Geronimo Apache chief and leader of the last great Native American rebellion, surrendered in Arizona to General Nelson Miles.
1909:
The first Boy Scout rally took place at Crystal Palace in London.
1939:
The British liner Athenia was sunk by a German U-boat, the first sinking of its kind, off the coast of Ireland.
1964:
The Forth road bridge, 6,156ft longandwithacentrespanof 3,300ft, was opened by the Queen.
1965:
Albert Schweitzer, French medical missionary, died aged 90 in Gabon, the village where he had opened his hospital for natives.
1970:
Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova ( defected to the West during a visit to London by the Kirov Ballet.
1989:
Georges Simenon, a prolific author who published nearly 500 novelsandnumerousshortworks,died at his home in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is best known as the creator of the fictional Paris police inspector Maigret.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR:
Prince Harry was welcomed back to a street transformed for ex-service personnel to live in — even if one of the younger residents insisted he wiped his feet before he went into her home.
BIRTHDAYS:
Bill Kenwright, theatrical impresario, 73; Tom Watson, golfer, 69; Damon Wayans, actor, 58; Noah Taylor, actor and comedian, 49; Kristen Wilson, actress, 49; Mark Ronson, music producer, 43; Beyonce Knowles singer, 37; Jonny Lomax, rugby league player, 28