* June 6 – Elizabeth II strips jockey Lester Piggott of his OBE, following his jailing for tax irregularities.

** Champion English jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion.

* Lester Piggott – Never Say Die ( 1954 ), Crepello ( 1957 ), St. Paddy ( 1960 ), Sir Ivor ( 1968 ), Nijinsky ( 1970 ), Roberto ( 1972 ), Empery ( 1976 ), The Minstrel ( 1977 ), Teenoso ( 1983 )

Ridden for the first time by Lester Piggott he was held up at the back of the six horse field before moving through to take the lead inside the final furlong.

Shergar's next race was the Irish Derby, ridden by Lester Piggott.

* Lester Piggott, jockey, was born in Wantage in 1935.

He was the owner of the 1983 Derby winner Tenoso ridden by Lester Piggott.

By 21 his chance had come and gone, after riding in three races before giving it up, and he was proud to have competed against Lester Piggott.

Among the jockeys to have ridden for Cecil, the most notable have been Steve Cauthen, Lester Piggott, Joe Mercer, Kieren Fallon, Pat Eddery and Tom Queally.

Many became household names in the late 20th Century through their trenchant reporting of often earth-shattering events that have transcended the back pages and been reported on the front pages: the Massacre at the Munich Olympics in 1972 ; Muhammad Ali's fight career, including his 1974 title bout against George Foreman ; the Heysel Stadium disaster ; and the career highs and lows of the likes of Tiger Woods, George Best, David Beckham, Lester Piggott and other high profile stars.

* Lester Piggott ( born 1935 ), English jockey

Shipped to Ireland under trainer Vincent O ' Brien and ridden by champion jockey Lester Piggott, the horse entered only three races as a two-year-old but won them all, including the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.

After showing moderate form as a two-year-old he improved in the spring of 1983 to win the Group Three Lingfield Derby Trial and then won the Classic Epsom Derby, giving Lester Piggott a record ninth win in the race.

When Lester Piggott, who had won the race eight times previously, elected to ride Teenoso in the Derby, the colt was strongly supported in the betting and started 9 / 2 favourite in a field of twenty-one runners.

* Lester Piggott – Sovereign Path ( 1960 ), The Creditor ( 1964 ), Sparkler ( 1973 ), Belmont Bay ( 1981 ), Polar Falcon ( 1991 ), Swing Low ( 1993 )

* Lester Piggott – Zucchero ( 1953 ), Nagami ( 1959 ), Petite Etoile ( 1960, 1961 ), Park Top ( 1969 ), Roberto ( 1973 ), Quiet Fling ( 1976 ), Sea Chimes ( 1980 ), Be My Native ( 1983 )

* Lester Piggott – Zarathustra ( 1957 ), Gladness ( 1958 ), Pandofell ( 1961 ), Twilight Alley ( 1963 ), Fighting Charlie ( 1965 ), Sagaro ( 1975, 1976, 1977 ), Le Moss ( 1979 ), Ardross ( 1981, 1982 )

* Lester Piggott – Right Boy ( 1958, 1959 ), Tin Whistle ( 1960 ), El Gallo ( 1963 ), Mountain Call ( 1968 ), Welsh Saint ( 1970 ), Saritamer ( 1974 ), Thatching ( 1979 ), College Chapel ( 1993 )

* Lester Piggott – Mystery IX ( 1951 ), Darius ( 1955 ), Arctic Explorer ( 1957 ), St Paddy ( 1961 ), Pieces of Eight ( 1966 ), Wolver Hollow ( 1969 ), Artaius ( 1977 )

* Lester Piggott – Sylphide ( 1957 ), Green Opal ( 1960 ), Chrona ( 1966 ), Vital Match ( 1969 ), Chalon ( 1982 ), Niche ( 1993 ), Lemon Souffle ( 1994 )

* Lester Piggott – Vigo ( 1957 ), Right Boy ( 1958, 1959 ), Tin Whistle ( 1960 ), Thatch ( 1973 ), Saritamer ( 1974 ), Solinus ( 1978 ), Thatching ( 1979 ), Moorestyle ( 1980 ), Mr Brooks ( 1992 )

* Lester Piggott – Meadow Court ( 1965 ), Aunt Edith ( 1966 ), Park Top ( 1969 ), Nijinsky ( 1970 ), Dahlia ( 1974 ), The Minstrel ( 1977 ), Teenoso ( 1984 )

* Lester Piggott – Dahlia ( 1974, 1975 ), Hawaiian Sound ( 1978 ), Commanche Run ( 1985 ), Rodrigo de Triano ( 1992 )

* Lester Piggott – Right Boy ( 1958, 1959 ), Matatina ( 1963 ), Caterina ( 1966 ), Tower Walk ( 1969 ), Swing Easy ( 1971 ), Solinus ( 1978 )

* Lester Piggott – Green God ( 1971 ), Abergwaun ( 1972 ), Moorestyle ( 1980 )

* 1909 – Lester Young, American saxophonist ( d. 1959 )

* 1871 – John Lester, American cricketer ( d. 1969 )

* 1968 – Adrian Lester, English actor, director, and writer

* 1934 – Ketty Lester, American singer and actress

* 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actor, ( Kiss and Wicked Lester )

* 1911 – Lester Rodney, American journalist ( d. 2009 )

* 1954 – Lester Square, Canadian musician ( The Monochrome Set and Adam and the Ants )

* 1977 Best Country Instrumental Performance – Chester and Lester

* 1883 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ( d. 1960 )

More than half of the footage filmed for Superman II by the originally credited director ( Richard Lester ) has been removed from the film and replaced with Donner footage shot during the original principal photography from 1977 – 1978.

* 1948 – Lester Bangs, Rock critic ( d. 1982 )

* 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player ( b. 1883 )

* 1984 – Jon Lester, American baseball player

* 1932 – Richard Lester, British director

* 1956 – Alex Lester, English broadcaster

Writers such as Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson, in The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World ( 2000 ), Fredrick Turner in A Culture of Hope and Lester Brown in Plan B, have articulated a critique of the basic idea of modernism itself – that individual creative expression should conform to the realities of technology.

* 1959 – Lester Holt, American television journalist

* 1953 – Paul Martin Lester, American educator, author, and photographer

* 1999 – Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpet player ( b. 1941 )

* 1941 – Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter ( d. 1999 )

Latham remarks that this analysis by Harlan Ellison " obscures Ellison's own prominent role – and that of other professional authors and editors such as Judith Merril, Michael Moorcock, Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, and Donald A. Wollheim – in fomenting the conflict, …"

* 1964 – Lester Quitzau, Canadian guitarist

* 1938 – Tom Lester, American actor

* 1915 – Lester Maddox, American politician, 75th Governor of Georgia ( d. 2003 )