This day in history

In Britain, Peter Mandelson, the Northern Ireland Secretary, resigns from the cabinet over a row concerning a passport application from an Indian billionaire. It is the second time Mandelson has had to resign from the Cabinet.
 

In America, the Carter administration announces that it is willing to sell military equipment to China.
 

In England, The Boy Scouts movement begins with the publication of the first installment of Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys.