ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1673 John Ker, Scottish spy; 1879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary; 1879 Robert “Dr Bob” Smith, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous; 1919 Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer; 1929 Ronald Biggs, train robber; 1931 Andy Warhol, artist.

Deaths: 1827 George Canning, British prime minister; 1919 FW Woolworth, founder of the first dime-store; 1961 Air Commodore Cecil Wigglesworth, the man on whom Biggles was based; 1985 Louise Brooks, silent movie actress; 1996 Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of jet engine; 2017 Glen Campbell, US country singer.