ON THIS DAY ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR:
1667: 1835:
Author Jonathan Swift (Gulliver’s Travels) was born in Dublin.
Mark Twain, author of The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, was born in Missouri.
1874:
Sir Winston Churchill, a descendant of the great Duke of Marlborough, was born in Blenheim Palace.
1900:
Oscar Wilde, Irish-born playwright, died in Paris aged 46. 1936:
The Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire.
1955:
The first floodlit football match at Wembley was played, between England and Spain.
1957:
The great Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli died.
1968:
The Trades Description Act came into force.
2009:
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research announced that the Large Hadron Collider set a new world record for energy – making it the world’s highest energy particle accelerator.
The Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to the Queen for making a difference in the “man’s world” she faced in the early years of her reign.
BIRTHDAYS:
Frank Ifield, singer, 83; Ridley Scott, film director, 83; George Graham, former footballer and manager, 76; Roger Glover, rock musician (Deep Purple), 75; Billy Idol, rock singer, 65; Lorraine Kelly, TV presenter, 61; Gary Lineker, broadcaster and former footballer, 60; Ben Stiller, actor, 55; Phil Babb, former footballer, 50; Dougie Poynter, musician (McFly), 33.