ON THIS DAY
1642: Montreal in Canada was founded.
1804: Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France.
1830: Edwin Budding of Gloucestershire signed an agreement for the manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower.
1872: Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, nuclear disarmer and Nobel Prize for literature winner, was born.
1882: The present Eddystone Lighthouse, the fourth in existence, was opened.
1909: Fred Perry, three times Wimbledon men’s singles champion, was born.
1954: The European Convention on Human Rights came into force.
1990: A treaty was signed in Bonn introducing economic and monetary union between East and West Germany.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The Prince of Wales paid tribute to the “inspiring” efforts of youth workers in Northern Ireland.