1916: Importing pianos was banned for the duration of the war.
1922: Waterloo station was opened by Queen Mary.
1923: Scientists claimed smoking was good for you as nicotine acted as an anti-bacterial agent.
1925: Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh was officially opened.
1934: The Potato Marketing Board blamed slimmers for a slump in potato sales.
1950: A poll revealed that only 46 per cent of British houses had indoor bathrooms.
1961: The Beatles played The Cavern Club in Liverpool for the first time.
1963: Alcatraz, the maximum security prison in San Francisco Bay, was closed.
1968:The Legend of Xanadu by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich was number in the charts.
1973: Top of the Pops temporarily banned teenybopper acts after a David Cassidy appearance caused a riot.
1997: Vomiting in public was banned in the Philippines.
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