On this day

1437: James I of Scotland was assassinated by a group of dissident nobles led by Sir Robert Graham.

1595: Robert Southwell, English poet and Jesuit martyr, was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn in London.

1613: Michael Romanov was elected Tsar of Russia, founding the house of Romanov which ruled until the revolution in March 1917.

1849: Britain annexed the Punjab at the end of the Second Sikh War.

1858: The first electric burglar alarm was installed by Edwin T Holmes of Boston, Massachusetts.

1910: Sir Douglas Bader, above left, Second World War fighter pilot, was born. Despite losing both legs, he continued to fly, and is hailed as a hero of the Battle of Britain. 1916: Germany launched an all-out attack on the French fortress of Verdun.

1949: A Woman To Remember, one of the first television soap operas, was aired in the United States.

1952: Identity cards were abolished in Britain.

1965: American Black Muslim leader Malcolm X, above right, was shot dead while addressing a meeting in New York.

1988: The grave of Boadicea, the warrior queen who fought the Romans almost 2,000 years ago, was located by archaeologists under Platform 8 at King’s Cross Railway Station in London.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern Ecuador close to the country’s border with Peru.

“I’ve known Priti for 25 years, she’s utterly professional, works night and day to deliver for the country and her constituents and is absolutely focused on making sure ... the people voted for us to take back control of our borders” - Business Minister Nadhim Zahawi defends Home Secretary Priti Patel over claims that she bullied officials

“I don’t want to damage anyone by supporting them so I have made up my mind that I am not going to give an opinion on which candidate. I think whatever happens there is going to be a significant improvement” - former prime minister Tony Blair, above, on the Labour leadership campaign

“I’m quite proud really. Was he half my age? Or was he even less than that? But it didn’t last very long, which was a good thing for me though, I think” - 102-yearold Second World War veteran John Cox, who wrestled with a burglar and forced him to run away

“As soon as I started remembering that I was just talking to another mum, everything else sort of made sense” - author, vlogger and broadcaster Giovanna Fletcher, above, discusses having the Duchess of Cambridge on her podcast

“I hope that everyone will have their light bulb moment, like I did, when they realise what they really care about and want to fight for” - teenage birdwatcher Mya-Rose Craig urges students to tackle the environmental crisis as she became the youngest Briton to receive an honorary doctorate