On this day

Published date11 June 2022
¦ 1572: Dramatist Ben Jonson was born in London. His plays include The Alchemist and Volpone

¦ 1776: English landscape painter John Constable was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, son of a landowner and miller. He had seven children, four of whom became painters. ¦ 1864: Opera composer Richard Strauss was born in Munich.

¦ 1952: Denis Compton hit his 100th century.

¦ 1955: Some 82 spectators were killed when a car skidded off the track during the Le Mans 24-hour race.

¦ 1975: The first oil was pumped ashore from the North Sea Argyll oil fields.

¦ 1979: Tough-guy actor John Wayne, real name Marion Michael Morrison but known as The Duke...

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