1931: The first airmail left Australia for England.

1933: 73 people were killed when the airship, Akron, crashed into the sea off the New Jersey coast.

1934: Cats' eyes were used for the first time on roads near Bradford.

1949: NATO was founded in Washington.

1959: The BBC showed the first ever edition of Juke Box Jury.

1968: Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

1981: Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song contest with Making Your Mind Up.

1988: The ITV soap. Crossroads, ended after 4,510 episodes.

1995: Broadcaster and comedian Kenny Everett died.

2001: Hear'Say topped the charts with their debut single Pure and Simple.