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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Charlie Chaplin meets Albert Einstein (1931). 📷 google images

PERSON OF THE DAY. 31 July 1956. England cricketer Jim Laker became 1st man to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings, against Australia at Old Trafford in what became known as “Laker’s Match”. He took 19 wickets in the match in all, having taken 9 wickets for 37 runs in the 1st innings.

FACT OF THE DAY. 31 July 2022. England Women beat Germany 2-1 (after extra time) to clinch their 1st major tournament victory in the Euro 2022 Women’s Final at Wembley with goals from Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly. It was 1st win by a men’s or women’s football team in a major tournament since 1966.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY, Manchester United and Northern Ireland superstar George Best spotted at the 1966 World Cup Final, sitting next to Mike Summerbee of Man City. 📷Mirrorpix

PERSON OF THE DAY. 30 July 1958. Singer-songwriter Kate Bush was born in Bexleyheath, Kent. She was 1st woman to have a self-composed UK No 1 hit with Wuthering Heights. Bush was born on the 140th anniversary of the birth of the author who inspired her song, Emily Brontë.

FACT OF THE DAY. 30 July 1966. England beat West Germany 4-2 (after extra time) to win the FIFA Men’s World Cup Final at Wembley for the 1st and only time. Geoff Hurst’s hat-trick was the 1st scored in a Men’s World Cup Final, but was equalled by Kylian Mbappé for France in the 2022 Final.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Cunard ocean liner, RMS Mauretania (1906). Colourised by Marina Amaral.

PERSON OF THE DAY. 29 July 1983. British film star David Niven died (aged 73). He often played charming Englishmen in his movie roles. Films include Around The World In 80 Days, Casino Royale, The Pink Panther series and A Matter of Life and Death.

FACT OF THE DAY. 29 July 1981. Charles, then Prince of Wales, married Lady Diana Spencer in London’s St Paul’s Cathedral. It was described by the press as a "fairytale wedding" and the "wedding of the century". It attracted an estimated global TV audience of 750 million people.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. The Beatles photographed during their “Mad Day Out”(1968). 📷 Don McCullin

PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 July 1936. Garfield (Garry) Sobers, was born in Bridgetown, Barbados. He’s seen as one of cricket’s greatest all rounders. In 1968 he became 1st batsman to score 6 ‘sixes’ in one over for Nottinghamshire. In 2000 he was named as one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Century.

FACT OF THE DAY. 28 July 1945. US B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed in fog into the 79th floor of Empire State Building in New York: 14 died. The accident did not compromise the building’s structural integrity, but did cause damage estimated at US$1 million (equivalent to $14M today).

PHOTO OF THE DAY: John Lennon & Mick Jagger (1968). 📷 Ethan Russel

PERSON OF THE DAY. 27 July 1921. Frederick Banting of the University of Toronto announced that his medical research team had proved the hormone Insulin could regulate blood sugar. It allowed Diabetes, up until then a terminal illness, to be effectively controlled.

FACT OF THE DAY. 27 July 1890. An obscure painter named Vincent Van Gogh shot himself. He died 2 days later (aged 37). After his death, he would eventually be acknowledged as one of the greatest artists of all time praised for his stunning use of colour.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Coronation Street star Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) looking out over Manchester (1968) 📷 John Madden.

PERSON OF THE DAY. 26 July 1945. Helen Mirren (Ilyena Mironov) was born in London. She was a star of the Royal Shakespeare Company before embarking on a hugely successful TV and film career. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Elizabeth II in The Queen.

FACT OF THE DAY. 26 July 1943. Rolling Stone lead singer and co-songwriter Mick Jagger was born in Dartford, Kent. He’s one of the most popular and influential lead singers in rock history due to his distinctive voice and energetic live performances.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Royal Air Force pilot Francis Mellersh getting a haircut while reading a John Buchan novel. 📷 RAF official photographer- name unknown (1942).