ON THIS DAY

■■1760: George III became king, beginning one of the longest reigns in British history – 60 years of tremendous change, during which he went violently insane.

■■1803: Joseph Hansom, inventor of the Hansom Cab in 1834, was born. They proved the most popular of London’s cabs and were later introduced in New York.

■■1863: The English Football Association was formed at a meeting at Freeman’s Tavern in Great Queen Street, London.

■■1881: The Gunfight at the OK Corral took place outside Tombstone, Arizona Territory, between the Ike Clanton gang and Marshal Virgil Earp, his deputised brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday.

■■1905: Norway became independent from Sweden.

■■1940: The P-51 Mustang made its maiden flight.

■■1950: The rebuilt chamber of the House of Commons was opened by King George VI, having been destroyed by bombing in 1941. ■■1955: The New York underground paper Village Voice was first published, backed by Norman Mailer. ■■1965: The Beatles went to Buckingham Palace to be presented with their MBEs, above.

■■1986: Jeffrey Archer resigned as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, after allegations that he had made a payment to a prostitute to avoid a scandal. He denied the allegations and fought a successful libel case.

■■ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: A new study suggested more than 6,000 Covid-19 deaths in the UK could be linked to long-term exposure to air pollution.

■■BIRTHDAYS: Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State, 74; Andrew Motion, former poet laureate, 69; Cary Elwes, actor, 59; Natalie Merchant, singer (10,000 Maniacs), 58; Steve Howey, former footballer, 50; Ronnie Irani, former cricketer and commentator, 50; Austin Healey, former rugby player, 48.

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