On this day

1660: On his 30th birthday, Charles II entered London to be restored as King.

1874: GK Chesterton, author and poet, was born in London.

1911: Sir William Gilbert, librettist of Gilbert & Sullivan operas, died after rescuing two women from a garden pond. 1942: Bing Crosby recorded the world’s top-selling disc, White Christmas, for the soundtrack of the film Holiday Inn.

1953: Sir Edmund Hillary, pictured on facing page, and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first two climbers to reach the summit of Everest. The news broke on Coronation Day, June 2. 1982: Pope John Paul II became the first Pope in 450 years to step on to British soil, and the first to pray side by side with the Archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury Cathedral.

1985: 39 football fans were killed when a wall collapsed during crowd violence at Heysel Stadium, Brussels, before the Liverpool v Juventus European Cup Final.

Birthdays

Nanette Newman, actress, 86;

Michael Berkeley, composer and broadcaster, 72; Rupert Everett, actor, 61; Adrian Paul, actor, 61; Melissa Etheridge, singer, 59; Noel Gallagher, rock musician, 53; Melanie Brown, pictured left, former Spice Girl Mel B, 45.

Quotes of the day

“What I look forward to in the future is carrying with me what I have been forced to learn in these circumstances. It is the essential. The people you love. Being able to take care of them and be with them as much as you can” –

Martin Scorsese, who has made a short film for the BBC on isolation.

“When I was deep in my addiction I would hate Gemma, I would say ‘Why are you telling my family? Why are you telling my friends? Why are you telling bosses of my TV shows? You’re going to ruin my career.’ But she refused to cover up for me, she wasn’t an enabler, she would never lie for me, she would never cover up” – Towie star James “Arg” Argent opens up about his drug addiction