ON THIS DAY

1440: Eton College was founded by Henry VI for 25 poor and needy scholars. Prefects were warned to look out for “ill-kempt heads, unwashed faces, foul clothes”. 1910: The first policewoman in the United States Alice Stebbin Wells joined the Los Angeles Police Department. 1935: US multimillionaire Howard Hughes achieved the first of several aviation records he established before going into self-enforced seclusion, flying a plane of his own design at 352.46mph. 1953: Senator John Kennedy - later to be president - married Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island. 1970: Concorde landed at Heathrow Airport for the first time to a barrage of complaints about noise. 1977: South African black activist Steve Biko died after six days in police detention in Port Elizabeth. 1978: The Queen Mother was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in succession to the late Sir Robert Menzies. It was the first appointment of a woman in more than eight centuries. BIRTHDAYS: Sir Ian Holm, actor, 83; Patrick Mower, actor, 76; Maria Aitken, actress, 69; Bertie Ahern, former Irish premier, 63; Scott Hamilton, jazz saxophonist, 60; Rachel Ward, actress, 57, pictured; Ben Folds, musician, 48; Darren Campbell, former athlete, 41; Jennifer Hudson, singer, 33. QUOTES OF THE DAY: ”She should cancel her subscription to a press cuttings agency and grow a second skin” – Christopher Bland, a former BBC Trust chairman, offers advice to Rona Fairhead, who is to take over the job. “Once talented, now safe to ignore” Rupert Murdoch delivers some uncomplimentary remarks about broadcaster and former Fleet Street editor Piers Morgan. “The problem is, charity has become big business and fundraising is all about clever marketing. Pity they can’t let the cause speak for itself” - Broadcaster John Humphrys, who says he has mixed feelings about persuading people to support a charity with stunts, such as the

ice-bucket challenge. “I can imagine how I would feel if one of my kids ended up in the Tory Party. I’d be appalled. But I’d still speak to them” - Former London mayor Ken Livingstone. “It was beyond liberating in every way” - Actress Jennifer Aniston, now playing the role of a dishevelled girl rather than her usual role as a pretty face.