THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 7, 1901: The Peace of Peking ended the Boxer Rising in China.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The Wire actor Michael K Williams was found dead aged 54 at his home in Brooklyn. SEPTEMBER 8, 1966: The Severn Bridge was officially opened by the Queen.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1963: Scotland’s Jim Clark became the world’s youngest motor racing champion.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Two teachers in England made the shortlist for the world’s “best teacher” award which included prize money of one million US dollars.

SEPTEMBER 10, 1965: Yale University published a map purporting to show that the Vikings discovered America in the 11th century.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly won the best TV presenter prize at the National Television Awards for a 20th consecutive time.

SEPTEMBER 11, 1928: The world’s first television play was transmitted live by station WGY in New York. The Queen’s Messenger, a 40-minute transmission had only two characters, but there were four actors, as old-fashioned cameras could not be moved around. SEPTEMBER 12, 1970: Concorde landed at Heathrow Airport for the first time to a barrage of complaints about noise.