ON THIS DAY

■ 1307: Edward I, having conquered the Welsh, died on his way to Scotland to fight Robert the Bruce.

■ 1814: The first authentic historical novel, Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley, was published.

■ 1816: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-born playwright of School for Scandal (1777), died. He became manager of the Drury Lane Theatre as well as a politician but died in poverty.

■ 1860: Composer Gustav Mahler was born in Kaliste, Bohemia.

■ 1927: Christopher Stone became the first “disc jockey” on British radio when he presented his Record Round-up from Savoy Hill.

■ 1967: Using Sir Francis Drake’s sword, the Queen knighted Francis Chichester, who had sailed solo round the world in Gypsy Moth IV.

■ 2005: A series of explosions ripped through London in co-ordinated terrorist strikes. Suicide attacks on three London Underground trains and a doubledecker bus killed 56, including the bombers, and more than 700 were injured.

■ 2013: Andy Murray made history as he became the first British man to take the Wimbledon singles title in 77 years.

■ ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: 10 people, including three police officers, were taken to hospital after a chemical attack outside a Leicestershire pub in the early hours of the morning.

■ BIRTHDAYS:

Ringo Starr, ex-Beatle, 80, right; Michael Howard, former Conservative Party leader, 79; Bill Oddie, comic actor/wildlife presenter, 79; Tony Jacklin, former golfer, 76; Michael Ancram, former MP, 75; Shelley Duvall, actress, 71; Rob Newman, comedian/author/political activist, 56.

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