French politicians were plotting to build a new Sangatte-style camp in the port of Cherbourg in north-west France. And riot police were placed on standby as scores of refugees headed to a squalid shanty town in hills overlooking the docks.
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63 years ago (1960)
US boxer Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, won gold in the 175lb category at the Rome Olympics marking the start of a career that saw him become not only a world champion in the ring, but one of the world’s most famous sporting icons.
26 years ago (1997)
Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, aged 87.
The Macedonian-born nun founded her mission to help the poor and the hungry in 1948 and in 1979 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her charitable work.
Her charity encompassed 4,000 sisters who managed orphanages, Aids hospices and charity centres around the world. She was canonised in 2016.
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