EVENTS DiArY

■1653: Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Long Parliament which had governed during the Civil War.

■1657: The Spanish fleet at Santa Cruz Bay was destroyed by the English under Admiral Blake.

■1770: Captain James Cook discovered New South Wales, Australia.

■1841: The Murders In The Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe, considered to be the first modern detective story, was published in the USA.

■1887: The world’s first motor race took place along the banks of the river Seine from the centre of Paris to Neuilly.

■1889: Adolf Hitler was born in Austria, the son of a customs official who changed his name from Schickelgruber.

■1893: Harold Lloyd, bespectacled comedian famous for his stunt scenes, was born in Nebraska.

■1929: The first Italian parliament made up exclusively of Fascists led by Benito Mussolini was opened by Victor Emmanuel III.

■1945: Soviet troops entered Berlin.

■1972: Apollo 16 landed on the moon.

■1989: Scientists said that the Earth narrowly missed being struck by a passing asteroid weighing 400 million tons.

■1999: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 21 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, Colorado.

■BIRTHDAYS: Leslie Phillips, actor, 96; George Takei, actor, 83; Peter Snow, TV reporter, 82; Ray Brooks, actor, 81; Michael Brandon, actor, 75; Jessica Lange, actress, 71; Louise Jameson, actress, 69; Nicholas Lyndhurst, actor, 59, Carmen Electra, model and actress, 48.

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