On this day
1488: Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Diaz became the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope.
1730: The first stock exchange quotations were published in the Daily Advertiser, London.
1762: English dandy and gambler Richard “Beau” Nash died.
1877: Chopsticks, the novelty piano piece, was registered at the British Museum.
1935: The jingle “We are the Ovaltineys, little girls and boys” was first sung on radio. Listeners were invited to join the Ovaltiney Club (with badge and rule book) and a coded message was given out each week.
1959: Buddy Holly, US singer and guitarist, died in an air crash, aged 22. With him were fellow rock ‘n’ rollers Ritchie Valens and JP “Big Bopper” Richardson.
1960: British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made his historic “wind of change” speech to the South African Parliament in Cape Town, predicting the growth of national consciousness.
1966: The Russians made the first rocket-assisted controlled landing on the Moon with Luna 9.
1977: The Government said it would hold referendums in Scotland and Wales on devolution.
1983: UK unemployment hit a record high of 3.22 million.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The World Health Organisation (WHO) began working with Google to ensure people get facts from the UN health agency first when they searched for information about the new coronavirus.
Darren Peacock, former Warwick Davis, actor, 51;