On this day in conspiracies

Tipped off that the net is closing, Maclean flees Britain, accompanied by Guy Burgess. The two make their way through France and eventually surface in Moscow. Their disappearance turns a secret hunt into a public scandal and throws suspicion onto Philby, who had known both men.

Before a tiny crowd at the Central Maine Youth Center in Lewiston, Maine, one of the smallest ever for a heavyweight title fight, Ali drops Liston with a short right hand at 1:44 of the first round. Many spectators, and Liston himself, say they never saw it. Ali stands over the fallen champion, waving a glove and yelling at him to get up and fight.

Barry George, a local man with a history of mental-health difficulties who lived close to Gowan Avenue, is arrested. He is charged with the murder days later. The case against him is largely circumstantial.

Dr. Segu Shihabdeen Mohamed Shafi, a prominent obstetrician at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, is arrested. Police initially cite suspected acquisition of property with money of dubious origin rather than any proven sterilization; further allegations of illicit wealth and terrorist links are attached to him.