1498: Mozambique, on Africa’s south-eastern coast, was discovered by Vasco de Gama.
1711: The first edition of The Spectator was published.
1810: Composer Frederic Chopin was born near Warsaw, Poland.
1904: Glenn Miller, US trombonist, bandleader, composer and arranger, was born.
1913: The International Lawn Tennis Federation, the world’s governing body for tennis, was founded in Paris with representatives from 13 countries.
1940: Vivien Leigh won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With The Wind.
1949: Joe Louis, US world heavyweight boxing champion retired aged 35.
1957: Israel bowed to UN and US pressure and agreed to pull out of Gaza and Aqaba.
1966: Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan said Britain would switch to decimal currency from 1971.
1978: Charlie Chaplin’s coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial.
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