ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
After the Beast From The East saw Britain freeze, Storm Emma brings more snow and string winds to parts of the country.
3 years ago…Adam Johnson guilty
The former England and Sunderland footballer, below, is found guilty of sexual activity with a child and sentenced to six years in prison.
10 years ago…TV quiz scandal.
The champions of posh show University Challenge are stripped of their title after it emerged that one of the members of the winning team, Corpus Christie College, Oxford, wasn’t actually a student.
20 years ago…Dusty Springfield dies.
The British singer, below, famous for a string of hits in the 1960s including Son Of A Preacher Man, succumbs to breast cancer aged just 59.
24 years ago…Rogue trader arrested.
Nick Leeson is arrested at Frankfurt Airport in Germany after going on the run when he brings down his employer, Barings Bank with dodgy dealing. He is jailed, but later stars in Celebrity Big Brother.
36 years ago…Compact disc debuts.
After launching in Japan, CD players arrive in the UK to take on records and cassettes. By the end of the century billions will have been sold.
41 years ago…Charlie Chaplin stolen.
A few months after his death at 88, the body of the British born comic actor is stolen from a grave in Switzerland. Following a ransom demand, two mechanics are later convicted of grave robbing.
50 years ago…Concorde takes off.
The supersonic Anglo-French airliner makes its maiden test flight lasting 27 minutes. The iconic plane, able to fly at 1,300mph, would start commercial flights in 1976. It was retired in 2003.
86 years ago…King Kong opens.
The famous monster movie opens in New York to rave reviews. It tells the story of a huge ape obsessed with a beautiful young woman, played by Fay Wray.
115 years ago…Dr Seuss born.
Real name Theodor Seuss Geisel, the American will go on to become a hit children’s author, selling 600million books. His works include How the Grinch Stole
Christmas.
137 years ago…Queen Victoria shooting. Queen Victoria, left, narrowly escapes an eighth assassination attempt, this time by Roderick McLean in Windsor. He spends the rest of his life in an asylum.
222 years ago…First pound note.