On this day: Kelly MacDonald was born 1310: Declaration of the clergy and people in favour of King Robert Bruce from the Church of the Friars Minor in Dundee. 1573: Pacification of Perth ended fighting in Scotland between Regent and supporters of Mary Queen of Scots. 1863: Captain JH Speke discovered source of the Nile. 1874: Lawn tennis was patented by an Englishman, Major Walter Wingfield. 1898: Emile Zola was imprisoned in France for writing J'accuse. 1905: The first Rotary Club was formed in Chicago. 1919: Benito Mussolini founded the Fascist Party in Italy. 1920: The first regular broadcasting service in Britain started from Marconi's studio in Chelmsford. 1933: Japan began occupation of China, north of the Great Wall. 1950: The first televised general election results. The Labour Party held on with the closest contest for 100 years - and Clement Attlee remained prime minister. 1953: An amnesty offered by the government to Second World War deserters brought in applications from more than 3,000 servicemen and 14 servicewomen. 1989: Japan said farewell to Emperor Hirohito with series of centuries-old services. 1990: Shell UK was fined £1 million for polluting the Mersey estuary in August 1989. 1991: Military junta seized power in Thailand after a bloodless coup. 1995: There was criticism over British Gas profits of £1.25 billion, or £40 a second. 1996: Armed troops returned to Northern Ireland's streets and royal security was stepped up as fears grew that the IRA was planning terrorist attacks. 1997: A small fire occurred in the Russian Space station, Mir. 1998: In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroyed or damaged 2,600 structures and killed 42. 1998: Osama bin Laden published a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and "Crusaders." 2007: A train derailed on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. 2008: A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit crashed on Guam. It was the first operational loss of a B-2. 2008: The Suffolk Strangler, Steve Wright, 49, who murdered five Ipswich prostitutes in a six-week killing spree, was told by a judge that he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Kelly Macdonald, Glasgow-born actress, 37; Bill Alexander, theatre director, 65; Pam Blundell, fashion designer, 46; Emily Blunt, actress, 30; Dakota Fanning, actress, 19; Peter Fonda, actor, 73; Sylvie Guillem, ballerina, 48; Howard Jones, singer, 58; Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE, controller, BBC Proms 1998-2007, 62; Melinda Messenger, model and television presenter, 42; Linda Nolan, singer, 54; Helena Sukova, tennis player, 48. Births: 1633 Samuel Pepys, diarist, MP and naval administrator; 1685 George Frederick Handel, composer; 1883 Karl Jaspers, philosopher. Deaths: 1468 Johan Gutenberg, inventor of movable type; 1792 Sir Joshua Reynolds, portrait painter; 1821 John Keats, poet; 1848 John Quincy Adams, sixth United States president; 1924 Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president; 1934 Sir Edward Elgar, composer; 1944 Leo Hendrik Baekeland, inventor of Bakelite; 1965 Stan Laurel, Ulverston-born comedian; 1976 LS Lowry, artist; 1995 James Herriot, author; 2000 Sir Stanley Matthews, footballer.