The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
On this day
1760: George III became king, beginning one of the longest reigns in British history – 60 years of tremendous change, during which he became mentally unfit to rule. His eldest son – later George IV – acted as prince regent from 1811.
1803: Joseph Hansom, inventor of the Hansom Cab in 1834, was born. They proved the most popular of London’s cabs and were later introduced in New York.
1863: The English Football Association was formed at a meeting at Freeman’s Tavern in Great Queen Street, London.
1881: The Gunfight at the OK Corral took place outside Tombstone, Arizona Territory, between the Ike Clanton gang and the Marshal Virgil Earp, his deputised brothers Wyatt and Morgan and Doc Holliday.
1905: Norway became independent from Sweden.
1940: The P-51 Mustang made its maiden flight.
1950: The rebuilt chamber of the House of Commons was opened by King George VI, having been destroyed by bombing in 1941.
1955: The New York underground paper Village Voice was first published, backed by Norman Mailer.
1965: The Beatles were given MBEs at Buckingham Palace.
1986: Jeffrey Archer resigned as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party after allegations he paid a prostitute to avoid a scandal. He denied the allegations and fought a successful libel case.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Actor Jane Fonda accepted a Bafta award in Los Angeles while being led away in handcuffs during climate change protests.