On this day
1066: Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. He ruled to October 14, 1066, when he was killed at the Battle of Hastings.
1540: King Henry VIII married his fourth wife Anne of Cleves.
1838: Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph.
1907: Maria Montessori opened her first school and daycare centre for workingclass children in Rome.
1912: New Mexico was admitted as the 47th US state.
1929: Mother Teresa arrived in Calcutta and started her legacy of work among the poorest people of India.
1977: Music publisher EMI ended its contract with the Sex Pistols because of their notorious behaviour in public. 1992: The United States government advised doctors to suspend the use of silicone breast implants pending an investigation into their safety.
1994: US ice skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed and injured on the right leg by associates of skating rival Tonya Harding. 2009: The last remaining Woolworths stores closed their doors for the final time. The company would have celebrated 100 years in the UK in 2010 but instead became one of the highest profile retail casualties of the UK recession.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The official posters for the planned 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled.