ON THIS DAY
1265: The first English parliament met at Westminster Hall.
1779: David Garrick, English actor and theatre manager, died and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
1892: The first game of basketball was played at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1900: John Ruskin, painter and social reformer, died at Coniston in the Lake District.
1936: George V died and Edward VIII acceded to the throne. He abdicated after 325 days.
1944: The RAF dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
1961: John F Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States.
1993: William Jefferson Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.
2009: Barack Obama was sworn in as the first Black US president in front of huge crowds in Washington DC.
On this day last year: Commuters across the country travelled in to work for the first time since plan-B measures to curb the spread of Omicron were axed.
Birthdays
Dr Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, former astronaut, 93; Tom Baker, actor, 89; David Lynch, film director, 77; Liza Goddard, actor, 73; Sophie, Countess of Wessex, 58; Heather Small, singer (M People), 58; Nicky Wire, rock bassist (Manic Street Preachers), 54; Skeet Ulrich, actor, 53; Gary Barlow, singer, 52.
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