The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
On this day
1190: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I drowned in a river on hisway to the Holy Land on the Third Crusade.
1692: The first of the Salem witches was hanged. She was Bridget Bishop, one of 150 respectable citizens accused of witchcraft by a hysterical band of young girls in the isolated Puritan community in Massachusetts.
1829: The first Oxford and Cambridge boat race took place, two miles from Hambleden Lock to Henley Bridge. Itwas won easily by Oxford.
1864: Over-arm bowling was legalised for cricket matches.
1909: The SOS signal was first used in an emergency.
1922: Actress and singer Judy Garland – A Star Is Born, The Wizard Of Oz – was born at Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
1943: Ballpoint pens, devised by Hungarian Laszlo Biro, were patented in the US.
1983: Margaret Thatcher won her second term as prime minister.
1986: Bob Geldof, an Irish citizen, and John Paul Getty II, a US citizen, were made honorary knights by the Queen.
1989: Britain’s last lightship was towed from its position north-west of Guernsey to Harwich, ending an era of 157 years for the vessels.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The Duchess of Cambridge indulged her passion for sailing when she joined Sir Ben Ainslie as he launched Britain’s bid to win the America’s Cup.