THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 21, 1915: Stonehenge, and the surrounding 30 acres of land, was sold by Sir Edmund Antrobus to Mr CH Chubb for £6,600 at auction. Chubb presented it to the nation three years later.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Naomie Harris said portraying Miss Moneypenny in the Bond films as an “intelligent and capable” black woman was “highly important” in inspiring young talent.

SEPTEMBER 22, 1972: Idi Amin gave Uganda’s 8,000 Asians 48 hours to leave the country.

SEPTEMBER 23, 1964: The first performance of Fiddler On The Roof took place in New York with Zero Mostel singing If I Were A Rich Man. ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Scientists used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a drug regime for children with a type of deadly brain cancer, where survival rates had not improved for 50 years.

SEPTEMBER 24, 1960: The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was launched in Newport, Virginia.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Lobsters had long been able to keep their age a secret, but researchers cracked the code to ageing the crustaceans. SEPTEMBER 25, 1897: Britain’s first motor bus service started in Bradford. SEPTEMBER 26, 1977: Sir Freddie Laker’s first Skytrain service began between Gatwick and New York.