ON THIS DAY
NATIONAL DAY OF SENEGAL 1581: Queen Elizabeth I knighted Francis Drake on his ship Golden Hind at Deptford after he completed his circumnavigation of the world.
1915: Blues singer Muddy Waters was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, as McKinley Morganfield.
1949: Eleven countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington.
1958: The first protest march by CND left Hyde Park, London, for Aldermaston, Berkshire.
1964: The Beatles held the first five
places in the US singles chart with Can’t Buy Me Love, Twist And Shout, She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand and Please, Please Me. 1968: Martin Luther King, civil rights leader, was shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray.
1981: Bob Champion, who had conquered cancer, won the Grand National on Aldaniti, who had recovered from tendon problems and a broken hock.
1988: The TV soap opera Crossroads ended after 24 years with episode 4,510.
2010: 114 miners trapped in a flooded mine for more than a week in Shanxi, China, were rescued.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The Duke of Sussex joined soldiers for a curry lunch to help raise money for three armed forces charities.
BIRTHDAYS: Craig T Nelson, actor, 76; Dave Hill, rock guitarist (Slade), 74; David E Kelley, producer and screenwriter, 64; Jonathan Agnew, cricket correspondent, 60; Robert Downey Jr, actor, 55; Karren Brady, businesswoman/author, 51; David Blaine, illusionist, 47; Lemar, singer, 42.