Birthdays

1938: Anthony Eden resigned as British Foreign Secretary, in protest over prime minister Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy.

1947: Lord Louis Mountbatten, pictured on facing page, was appointed the last Viceroy of India – the same day the Government announced the British would leave India by June 1948.

1962: Astronaut John Glenn became the first American in orbit when he circled the Earth three times in the Mercury capsule Friendship 7. 1978: A judge indicted Isabel Peron, ex-president of Argentina, for fraudulent use of £8 million from a state-run charity.

1985: Contraceptives were first allowed to go on sale in the Irish Republic.

Sidney Poitier, actor, 93; Jimmy Greaves, TV football pundit, 80; Mike Leigh, film director, 77; Ivana Trump, socialite, 71; Gordon Brown, former prime minister, 69; Phil Neal, former footballer and manager, 69; Patty

Hearst, American newspaper heiress, 66; Imogen Stubbs, actress, 59; Ian Brown, rock singer, 57; Cindy Crawford, pictured, model/actress, 54.

Quotes of the day

“Within 24 hours my whole world and future was swept from under my feet and all the walls that I had taken so long to build around me, collapsed. I am suddenly on a different kind of stage and everyone is watching it happen” – Caroline Flack describing the inner turmoil over her arrest in a previously unseen social media post shared by her family following her death.

“She’s a consummate professional, isn’t she? She comes out and does what we all do in the health service – she does the right thing and does her duty for the people she serves” – Flo Panelcoates, the chief nurse at UCLH (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), praises the Queen for her dedication to duty as the monarch officially opened a £100 million medical facility.