ONTHIS DAY

■ 1859 – Mayonnaise won the 1000 Guineas by 20 lengths – a British record for a classic.

■ 2006 – Former world featherweight champion Naseem Hamed was jailed for 15 months after admitting a charge of dangerous driving.

■ 2011 – Kenny Dalglish was appointed as permanent manager of Liverpool on a three-year deal.

■ 2016 – Ireland’s Shane Lowry wrote his name into the history books with a tournament-record 29 shots through his last nine holes on day one of the Players Championship at Sawgrass, giving him a share of the clubhouse lead.