On this day

1429: Henry VI was crowned King of England. Two years later he was also crowned King of France, in Paris.

1814: Adolphe Sax, instrument inventor who gave his name to the saxophone, was born in Dinant, Belgium.

1892: Pioneer aviator Sir John Alcock was born in Manchester. 1893: Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died after he had drunk unboiled water in St Petersburg during a cholera epidemic.

1917: The third battle of Ypres ended when British and

Canadian troops captured Passchendaele.

1942: The Church of England relaxed its rule that women must wear hats in church.

1956: A ceasefire was announced between Egyptian, British and French troops fighting for control of the Suez Canal.

1962: The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and called for member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.

1975: Punk rockers the Sex

Pistols played their first gig, at St Martin’s College of Art in London.

Birthdays

PJ Proby, singer, 82; Sally Field, actress, 74; Ethan Hawke, actor, 50; Rebecca Romijn, former model and actress, 48; Thandie Newton, actress, 48; Nell Mcandrew, model, 47; Emma Stone, pictured, actress, 32.

Quotes of the day

“It was so liberating. I felt a lot of shame most of the time... the relief was so immense because I could change it. I wasn’t having to try and change someone else. It was down to me” – former What Not To Wear host Susannah Constantine on acknowledging her alcoholism. She has been in recovery for nearly seven years.

“Wherever you are, just take a few minutes out your life, whatever you’re doing, stop” – Black Watch veteran Bill Parr, 87, who served in the Korean War, urges people to pause and reflect on Remembrance Sunday.