1512: Michelangelo's work in the Sistine chapel went on show for the first time.
1604: Shakespeare's Othello was performed for the first time.
1848: The first WH Smith railway bookstall opened at Euston Station in London.
1906: The England football team beat France 15-0. Vivian Woodward scored seven of the goals.
1948: The British Government announced the end of jam rationing.
1951: Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato divorced.
1962: The Beatles began their last stint at the Star Club in Hamburg.
1968: The Family Law Reform Bill reduced the age of adulthood from 21 to 18.
1975: Queen's seven minute single, Bohemian Rhapsody was released.
1982: Boy George's Culture Club were top of the pops with Do You Really Want To Hurt Me.
1985: Genetic fingerprinting was used for the first time to prove paternity.
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