SWINDON...

1947: Cuckoos were becoming a nuisance in Stanton Fitzwarren, with residents unable to tolerate the disturbance to their sleep.

1957: Approval was given at a meeting of Swindon Town Council to plans for a new factory for Plessey Company to be built on 12 acres of land at the industrial estate, where the company already had the largest factory space. It would be used to manufacture transistors.

1977: The sixth formers of Wootton Bassett School started a 261-mile Cornish coastline walk. The walkers aimed to raise £500 for the Cancer Research Campaign by trekking from Bude to Plymouth.

2013: Youngsters with disabilities were given the opportunity to take part in a range of exciting activities in a special Access Day at the County Ground athletics track.

THE WORLD...

1035: William the Conqueror became the Duke of Normandy.

1884: Dow Jones and Company. publishedits first stock average.

1886: Karl Benz officially unveiled the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.

1970: The Troubles: the “Falls Curfew” began in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1996: The Stone of Scone was returned to Scotland.

2005: Same-sex marriage in Spain became legal.

2013: In the Egyptian coup d'état President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour was declared acting president.

BORN...

1423: Louis XI of France (d. 1483).
1854: Leoš Janáèek, Czech composer (d. 1928).
1883: Franz Kafka, Czech-German author (d. 1924).
1947: Top Topham, English guitarist (The Yardbirds).
1952: Rohinton Mistry, Indian-Canadian author.
1959: Julie Burchill, English journalist and author.

DIED...

1863: Little Crow, American tribal leader (b. 1810).
1965: Trigger, American horse (b. 1932)
1971: Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (The Doors and Rick & the Ravens) (b. 1943).
2010: Abu Daoud, Palestinian terrorist, planned the Munich massacre (b. 1937).
2013: Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1948).