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1922: The British Broadcasting Company began daily transmissions. At 6pm the news was read by Arthur Burrows, once at normal speed and once at slow speed.
1940: Coventry Cathedral was destroyed by enemy bombing. More than 1,000 civilians died in the raid.
1941: The aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank near Gibraltar after being hit by an enemy torpedo.
1952: Britain’s first hit parade was published in the New Musical Express. Al Martino’s Here In My Heart was the first number one.
1963: A volcanic eruption under the sea off Iceland created the new island of Surtsey.
2010: British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler left Somalia after more than a year in captivity. The retired couple were abducted as they sailed their yacht off the Seychelles in October 2009.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR:
PJ O’Rourke, writer, 72; The Prince Of Wales, 71; Bernard Hinault, cyclist - five-time winner of the Tour de France, 65; Letitia Dean, actress,
52; Adam Gilchrist, former cricketer, 48; Faye Tozer, above, former Steps singer, 44; Russell Tovey, actor, 38.