on this day in history 14th July

1965 Tom Jones topped the bill that included Ben E

King and Gary Lewis and the Playboys at New York's Brooklyn Fox Theatre.

1972 Gary Glitter and the Glittermen made their live debut at

Melksham in Wiltshire.

1977 Elvis Costello and the Attractions played their first gig

together at Penzance, where they supported sex-change punk star Wayne

County.

1984 Billy Idol's 'Eyes Without A Face' peaked at No4 on the US

chart.

Born on this Day

1602 Jules Mazarin

1608 George Goring

1858 Emeline Pankhurst

1901 George Tobias

1910 William Hanna

1911 Terry Thomas

1912 Woody Guthrie

1913 Gerald Ford

1918 Ingmar Bergen

1931 Sir Robert Stephens

1946 Sue Lawley

1948 Tommy Matola

1950 Bruce Oldfield

1952 Chris Cross

1971 Nick McCabe

1974 David Mitchell

1981 Lee Mead

1987 Adam Johnson

1988 James Vaughan

Sport

1991 Worcestershire beat Lancashire in the Benson and Hedges final.

1992 Danish midfielder John Jensen signed for Arsenal for £1.1

million.

1997 Former world champion boxer Nigel Benn was cleared of

assaulting his ex-wife over the custody of their three children. Benn

claimed his former wife Sharron had invented the story to bolster her

case in the custody battle.