On this day ...

MARCH 1

1904: Glenn Miller, US trombonist, bandleader, composer and arranger, was born.

1913: The International Lawn Tennis Federation, the world’s governing body for tennis, was founded in Paris.

1932: The baby son of US aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped. He was found dead on May 12.

1940: Vivien Leigh, above, won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With The Wind.

1949: Joe Louis, US world heavyweight boxing champion, retired aged 35, after a record 25 successful defences of his title.

1957: Israel bowed to UN and US pressure and agreed to pull out of Gaza and Aqaba.

1966: Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan said Britain would switch to decimal currency from 1971.

1978: Charlie Chaplin’s coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. It was found 10 miles away on May 17.

1985: The Pentagon accepted the theory that nuclear war could lead to years of “nuclear winter”.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: A hospital was celebrating carrying out five organ transplants in just 36 hours. BIRTHDAYS: Harry Belafonte, calypso and folk singer, 92; Mike d’Abo, rock singer, 75; Roger Daltrey, actor and singer (The Who), 75; Catherine Bach, actress, 65; Ron Howard, actor/ director, 65; Nik Kershaw, singer, 61; Lady Rose Windsor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, 39; Justin Bieber, above, singer, 25.