SWINDON...

1947: Ferndale Youth Centre and Fairford Town will contest the final of the Advertiser Cup competition. In the semi finals Ferndale defeated Highworth 3-0 while Fairford ran riot against Swindon GWR Corinthians Swindon and District League side, defeating them by nine goals to one.

1957: For the second night in succession police were called to a Swindon cinema to quell a disturbance during a rock ‘n’ roll film. Last night it was to the Arcadia and the night before to the Gaumont cinema. Manager of the Arcadia, Mr A F Chappel, said a gang of Teddy boys got in and started ripping up the cinema seats.

1977: Competitors in speech and drama classes from the Swindon Festival won enthusiastic praise from adjudicator Mary Jack. She told the three entrants in the Over 14s Improvisation Drama class: “Yours is the best improvisation I have seen for a long time.’’ 2013: A new parish council for Nythe was to be created after a surprise decision by Swindon Council. The council agreed to cut off 1,138 homes from Stratton parish to create a new Nythe Parish Council from May 2014.

 

THE WORLD...

1865: US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

1912: The British passenger liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40. It sank the following morning.

1931: First edition of the Highway Code was published in Great Britain.

 

BORN...

1904: John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer

1925: Rod Steiger, American actor

1944: John Sergeant, English journalist and TV presenter

1945: Ritchie Blackmore, guitarist with Deep Purple and Rainbow

1958: Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor

1961: Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor

1964: Gina McKee, English actress

1973: Adrien Brody, American actor

 

DIED...

1759: George Frideric Handel, German-English composer

1985: Noele Gordon, English actress, starred in the soap Crossroads

1995: Burl Ives, American actor and singer