ON THIS DAY
1227: Genghis Khan, Mongol emperor who conquered more than a million square miles of land, died after falling from his horse.
1587: Virginia Dare became the first child born of English parents in the New World – on Roanoke Island, North Carolina – seven days after Sir Walter Raleigh’s second expedition landed.
1948: Lester Piggott, aged just 12, rode his first winner on only his seventh ride. 1960: The birth control pill was launched in America.
1964: South Africa was banned from the Olympics because of its racial policies.
1966: The Tay road bridge was opened.
1971: 28-year-old disabled Eamon McDevitt was shot dead by the Army in Strabane, Northern Ireland.
2009: Former South Korean president and 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kim Dae-jung died of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Retail giant Marks & Spencer announced around 7,000 jobs were being axed, amid shake-ups in the face of the coronavirus crisis.