ON THIS DAY
1798: Giovanni Casanova, Italian adventurer, lover and romancer, died at his Castle of Waldstein, Bohemia.
1805: The first Trooping the Colour took place at Horse Guards Parade, London.
1832: The Great Reform Bill, an electoral measure which disenfranchised rotten boroughs, became law.
1913: Suffragette martyr Emily Wilding Davison was trampled at Tattenham Corner, Epsom, during the Derby. She flung herself in front of the King’s horse Anmer, and died on June 8.
1937: The world’s first supermarket trolleys trundled down the grocery aisles. Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma built his push-baskets by fixing baskets and wheels to children’s chairs.
1940: The evacuation of Dunkirk which had begun on May 27 was completed. Thousands of little ships, under heavy German attack, returned to the English south coast with 338,226 soldiers.
1944: Rome was liberated by the Allies.
1946: Juan Peron was elected president of Argentina.
1977: Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused when fans dug up the Wembley pitch after Scotland beat England 2-1.
1989: More than 2,000 people died in Tiananmen Square, Peking, when troops opened fire on protesting students.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Demand for new cars had fallen by 89% in the previous month, as lockdown hit sales.
BIRTHDAYS: Bill Treacher, actor, 91; Bruce Dern, actor, 85; Michelle Phillips, actress/singer, 77; Bob Champion, former jockey, 73; David Yip, actor, 70; Andrea Jaeger, former tennis player, 56; Noah Wyle, actor, 50; Debra Stephenson, actress, 49; Angelina Jolie, actress, 46; Mollie King, singer (The Saturdays), 34.