1895 – At the end of a sensational trial, Irish writer Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency in his relations with the son of the Marquess of Queensberry. He was sentenced to two years hard labour.

1913 – Birth of Richard Dimbleby, award-winning English broadcaster and journalist who became the BBC’s first war correspondent.

1914 – The House of Commons passed the Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland.

1934 – The death of Gustav Holst, the English composer most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.

1951 – British diplomats Burgess and Maclean were reported missing. It was later discovered that both were Soviet spies and had defected to Moscow.

1953 – Gordon Richards, British champion jockey 26 times, was knighted.

1955 – The first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest mountain in the world at 28,169 ft (8,586 m), occurred On This Day. The British expedition was led by Joe Brown and George Band.

1962 – The consecration of Coventry’s new cathedral which was designed by Sir Basil Spence. The new church replaced the 14th century cathedral that was destroyed by German bombing during World War II.

1967 – Glasgow Celtic became the first British football club to win the European Cup beating Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon.

1982 – HMS Coventry was sunk by Argentine Skyhawks during the Falklands War. Nineteen of her crew were lost and a further thirty injured.

1994 – The Camelot consortium won the contract to run Britain’s first national lottery, starting in November.

2012 – Elon Musk’s Space X Dragon becomes the first commercial craft to dock at the International Space Station. The spacecraft was named after the song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” as a response to those who said the project was impossible. In addition to succeeding, Dragon also made a cargo delivery to the ISS on its voyage.

2013 – Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest at 80.

2018 – Film producer Harvey Weinstein turns himself in to New York police to face charges of rape, a criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct.