On this day

1832: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer who built the great landmark that bears his name for the Paris Exhibition of 1899, was born.

1890: Chief Sitting Bull, Sioux leader, was shot dead in a scuffle with Indian police.

1958: The last steam locomotive was made at Crewe. No 92250 was the 7,331st locomotive to be built at the works.

1966: Walt Disney, cartoon film producer and creator, died aged 65.

1979: Two Canadians, Chris

Haney and Scott Abbott, came up with the idea for a game called Trivial Pursuit. It was manufactured in 1982 and sold 45 million copies in its first five years.

1991: More than 470 people drowned when a ferry carrying mainly Egyptian pilgrims sank in the Red Sea.

2014: Nelson Mandela was buried after a ceremony that included a 21-gun salute and fly-overs by military aircraft as well as a eulogy by a traditional African leader wearing an animal skin.

Birthdays

Don Johnson, actor, 71; Joe Jordan, former footballer and coach/manager, 69; Paul Simonon, musician (The Clash), 65; Helen Slater, actress, 57; Carl Hooper, former cricketer, 54; Frankie Dettori, jockey, 50; Adam Brody, actor, 41; Michelle Dockery, pictured, actress, 39.

Quotes of the day

“I would say to everyone just do your normal shopping as you would do and I think we will find that we are going to be absolutely fine” – UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma urges people not to engage in panic buying ahead of a possible no-deal Brexit.

“It’s a little bit sexy but in the most tasteful way. We’ve literally put everything into it” – Katya Jones on the routine she and Nicola Adams are preparing to perform during Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing final.