Today’s the day

1346 Battle of Neville’s Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England at Calais, and imprisoned in Tower of London. 1662 Charles II of Great Britain sells Dunkirk to France for £320,000. 1888 Thomas Edison files a patent for optical phonograph (the first movie). 1907 Guglielmo Marconi’s firm begins first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland. 1917 First British bombing of Germany. 1933 Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany. 1957 Jailhouse Rock starring Elvis Presley premieres in Memphis. 1963 The Beatles record I Want to Hold Your Hand at EMI Studios in London. 1968 Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen, above, and Jacqueline Bisset, released. 1979 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded Nobel Peace Prize. 2008 Iran’s bid to create the world’s largest sandwich fails when crowds eat it before it can be measured. 2012 Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements after his doping scandal. 2018 Canada legalises sale of recreational cannabis. 2019 UK PM Boris Johnson announces new Brexit deal with the EU, removes the Northern Ireland backstop clause.