TODAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022

On this day 53 YEARS AGO (1969)

We hailed Robin Knox-Johnston, the first sailor to perform a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. We also told of Irish civil rights leader Bernadette Devlin, 21, Britain’s youngest female MP.

95 YEARS AGO (1927)

Cardiff City beat Arsenal 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley – the only time in the tournament’s history that the trophy went to a non-English side.

38 YEARS AGO (1984)

US Health Secretary Margaret Heckler announced a team at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland had discovered the HIV virus, which causes AIDS.