On this day
10:43am Thursday 2nd July 2009 in News
1489: Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII's first reformed Archbishop of Canterbury, was born. He was responsible for The Book of Common Prayer in 1549.
1644: The Battle of Marston Moor took place, in which Cromwell's Roundheads defeated Prince Rupert's Cavaliers and left 3,000 dead.
1850: Sir Robert Peel, Tory Prime Minister (twice) and founder of the police force, died in London after a riding accident.
1865: The Salvation Army was originated by William Booth, with a revival meeting at London's Whitechapel.
1921: Jack Dempsey defeated Georges Carpentier in Jersey City in the first boxing match to take more than a million dollars at the gate.
1937: Amelia Earhart Putnam, American aviator, and co-pilot Fred Noonan were lost near Howland Island in the Pacific during their attempt to fly round the world.
1950: US troops arrived in Korea.
1956: Elvis Presley recorded Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel in RCA's New York Studio. The release reached No 1.
1961: Writer Ernest Hemingway died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in Ketchum, Idaho.
1964: President Johnson signed the USA Civil Rights Bill, prohibiting racial discrimination.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The high street squeeze tightened its grip on Marks & Spencer after the retail giant's worst sales performance in three years and a profit warning.
BIRTHDAYS: Lord Owen, former Foreign Secretary, 71; Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, 69; Jerry Hall, model, 53; Lee Boardman, actor, 37; Peter Kay, comedian, 36; Lindsay Lohan, actress, 23.
