On this day - June 9

FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE:

On this day a year ago the Argus reported on how Sir Bradley Wiggins was set to ride in the British Cycling National Road Championships in Monmouthshire.

South Wales Argus: GUEST STAR: Sir Bradley Wiggins will be on his way to Gwent if he decides to defend his Tour of Britain title

Five years ago today we reported how a Cwmbran woman made a sugar-spun model of a church.

South Wales Argus: CAKE WALK: Lynsey Gunn with her sugar model of Raglan church

The stories from history on this day - June 9.

AD 68: Rome's Emperor Nero committed suicide, aged 32, after the Senate declared him a public enemy.

1549: The Church of England adopted The Book of Common Prayer compiled by Thomas Cranmer.

1836: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician, was born in London. She was the first woman doctor to qualify in Britain, and opened St Mary's dispensary for women and children in Seymour Place.

1870: Charles Dickens died in Gad's Hill Place, near Rochester, Kent, after a brain haemorrhage the previous evening. He left only six of the planned 12 parts of his final novel, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, completed.

1898: Hong Kong was leased to Britain from China for 99 years.

1904: The London Symphony Orchestra was formed by musicians who had left Henry Wood's orchestra after a disagreement.

1934: Donald Duck was born in Walt Disney's cartoon The Wise Little Hen.

1959: America launched the first ballistic missile submarine, the George Washington.

1975: Live radio broadcasting from the House of Commons began.

1991: The £100 million, two-mile, four-lane Dartford Bridge in east London was completed.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Comedian and actor Rik Mayall died at the age of 56.

South Wales Argus: File photo dated 21/07/03 of Rik Mayall, whose funeral takes place today with his family asking fans for their "thoughts and prayers". PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday June 19, 2014. The private ceremony for the star, who died last