SWINDON...
1947: The Mayor of Swindon Ald GH Selman opened the Road Safety Exhibition at the Arts Centre.
1961: A joint council of educationalists and representatives of industry to help in the placing of apprentices was suggested by Swindon technical teachers.
1979: Swindon pensioners praised the coach driver who saved their lives by averting a serious crash when carrying them back from a trip to Minehead.
2013: Two projects to improve traffic flow in the town were awarded £2.9m of Government funding. The four roundabouts at Bruce Street Bridges were to be replaced with one large traffic light controlled roundabout, and a traffic light controlled junction would be installed on the Great Western Way to allow direct access to Newcombe Drive.
THE WORLD...
1692: Bridget Bishop was the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she was hanged on June 10.
1896: Guglielmo Marconi applied for a patent for his newest invention, the radio.
1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
2010: A 52-year-old man went on a four-hour killing spree in west Cumbria, shooting dead 13 (including himself) and injuring 11 others.
BORN...
1740: Marquis de Sade, French author and politician
1840: Thomas Hardy, English author and poet
1857: Edward Elgar, English composer
1904: Johnny Weissmuller, swimmer and actor, famous for playing Tarzan
1926: Milo O’Shea, Irish actor
1941: Charlie Watts, drummer with The Rolling Stones
1957: Mark Lawrenson, former footballer and now TV pundit
1960: Tony Hadley, singer with Spandau Ballet
1977: Zachary Quinto, American actor
1978: Dominic Cooper, English actor
DIED...
1962: Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet
1990: Rex Harrison, English actor
2008: Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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