ON THIS DAY

1697: The first Sunday service was held in the new St Paul’s Cathedral.

1791: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, died and was reportedly buried in an unmarked grave with several other paupers. 1872: The American brig Mary Celeste was found drifting in the Atlantic, her crew missing.

1901: Walt Disney, cartoon film producer, was born in Chicago. 1933: Prohibition ended in America after 14 years.

1945: Five US Navy bombers from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, disappeared over the area which became known as the Bermuda Triangle.

1952: Smog enveloped London and killed more than 4,000 people in less than a week.

1958: The Preston by-pass, Britain’s first section of motorway (the M1, eight-and-a-half miles long) was officially opened by then prime minister Harold Macmillan.

BIRTHDAYS

Little Richard, rock ‘n’ roll star, 86; Jose Carreras, tenor, 72; Morgan Brittany, actress, 67; Lee Chapman, former footballer/restaurateur and bar owner, 59; Carlton Palmer, former footballer, 53; Ronnie O’sullivan, snooker player, 43; Paula Patton, actress, 43; Jessica Pare, actress, 38, pictured.

QUOTES OF THE DAY

“If you’re thinking about my thoughts when I come out on stage it’s ‘Don’t fall’. One of my primary goals for the eight years was to never become a meme” - Former US First Lady Michelle Obama.

“When you get divorced, everybody waits to see where you land. But I might not land anywhere for a bit. I’m really quite happy. It’s quite nice to have a bit of Virginia Woolf time” Actress Kate Beckinsale.

“It was the noise a stage-coach ostler might have made when slapping the rump of a reluctant nag” - Political commentator Quentin Letts describes the moment Attorney General Geoffrey Cox thumped the despatch box in the House of Commons.

“I feel like Hopalong Cassidy” Actor John Barrowman on returning to the I’m A Celebrity jungle after ankle injury treatment.