1907: Florence Nightingale was appointed to the Order of Merit at the age of 87.
1937: 999 was introduced as Scotland Yard's emergency number.
1937: German people learned that parents failing to instill Nazi values in their children would have them taken away.
1942: Coffee rationing began in America.
1955: Floodlights were used in an England v Spain game at Wembley for the first time.
1957: David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai premiered in London.
1962: Britain and France agreed to build Concorde.
1965: Mary Whitehouse set up the National Viewers and Listeners' Association.
1982: Eddie Grant's I Don't Wanna Dance was this week's chart topper.
1985: Ian Botham completed a charity walk from John O'Groats to Land's End for leukaemia research.
1990: The UN Security Council authorised the use of force against Iraqi troops if they did not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991.
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