ON THIS DAY
1603: The funeral of Queen Elizabeth I took place at Westminster Abbey.
1789: The crew of the HMS Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied in the Friendly Islands in the South Seas, sailing for the Pitcain Islands.
1923: The first English FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium was staged. Bolton Wanderers defeated West Ham 2-0.
1945: Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta Petacci were executed by Italian partisans and their bodies hung in a square in Milan.
1947: The Kon Tiki expedition set
out with Thor Heyerdahl, aiming to prove that ancient cults could have sailed on a balsa wood raft from Peru to Polynesia.
1967: Muhammad Ali refused induction into the US army and was stripped of his world heavyweight boxing title.
1969: General de Gaulle resigned as president of France after defeat in a referendum on electoral reform.
1985: Dennis Taylor won the Embassy World Snooker Championship after a spectacular final frame against Steve Davis.
1990: A Chorus Line closed on
Broadway after a record-breaking 15 years.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: A water company warned it had seen an almost 20% increase in blockages, as people used alternatives to toilet paper during lockdown. BIRTHDAYS: Ann-Margret, actress, 80; Mike Brearley, former cricketer, 79; Jay Leno, comedian and chat show host, 71; Mary McDonnell, actress, 69; John Daly, golfer, 55; Howard Donald, singer (Take That), 53; Penelope Cruz, actress, 47; Sir Bradley Wiggins, former road and track cyclist, 41; Jessica Alba, actress, 40.