On this day

z 1693: The Ladies’ Mercury, the first magazine for women, was published. z 1746: Fresh from his defeat at Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped over the sea to Skye, disguised as Irish maid Betty Burke. Flora MacDonald was with him. z 1844: Joseph Smith, the American founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in 1830, was killed in Carthage Jail in Illinois. z 1954: The first nuclear power station opened at Obninsk in Russia. z 1967: Britain’s first cash dispenser was opened by Barclay’s Bank in Enfield. z 1971: The first national Scrabble competition was held in London and was won by teacher Stephen Haskell. z 1976: Six Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Air France Airbus from Athens and forced it to fly to Entebbe in Uganda.