Quotes of the day

1792: Sir John Herschel, astronomer who first mapped the stars of the southern hemisphere, was born in Slough.

1802: Sculptor and animals painter Sir Edwin Landseer was born in London.

1875: Maurice Ravel, French composer (Bolero), was born. 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patented the first telephone.

1917: The Dixie Jazz Band One-step was the world’s first jazz record to be released .

1941: British troops invaded Italian-held Ethiopia.

1965: State troopers and local law enforcement assault 600 civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama. The event was dubbed Bloody Sunday.

1975: The body of kidnapped heiress Lesley Whittle was found in a 60ft drain shaft. She had been held for 52 days then strangled by Donald Neilson, The Black Panther, who was later given five life sentences.

Birthdays

Michael Eisner, former Disney CEO, 78; Sir Ranulph Fiennes, explorer, 76; William Boyd, author, 68; Sir Vivian Richards, former cricketer, 68; Bryan Cranston, actor, 64; Ivan Lendl, former tennis player, 60; Mary Beth Evans, actress, 59; Rachel Weisz, pictured, actress, 50.

“The campaign to end domestic violence needs the voices of men as well as women, challenging the cultural, economic and political context in which we all experience the world” – The Duchess of Cornwall speaks out against the “heinous” problem at the Women of the World Festival in London.

“There is this misconception that because you are a performer you must walk into every room with jazz hands. But that’s not it at all” – Singer Ellie Goulding opens up about the pressures of fame.

“I said ‘You are asking me to plan a party I don’t want to go to?’ It’s like asking me to plan a Ukip convention” – boss of Universal Music UK David Joseph says he hated going to The Brits before organising the 2020 ceremony.