The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
On this day
1812: Limerick writer Edward Lear, author of The Book Of Nonsense, was born in London.
1820: Lady of the Lamp Florence Nightingale, hospital reformer who tended the wounded during the Crimean War, was born in Italy.
1926: The TUC called off the General Strike after nine days.
1932: The kidnapped baby son of aviator Charles Lindbergh was found dead.
1935: Self-help group Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson in Ohio.
1937: The coronation of King George VI took place in Westminster Abbey and was broadcast worldwide by the BBC.
1949: The Soviet blockade of Berlin ended after 11 months. It had cost the Allies £200 million to fly in food and essential supplies.
1967: John Masefield, poet laureate since 1930, died.
2008: An earthquake measuring around 8.0 magnitude occurred in Sichuan, China, killing more than 69,000 people.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: A fire at a hospital in St Petersburg killed five coronavirus patients who were on ventilators, Russian emergency officials said.