1804: British engineer Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam engine to run on rails.
1858: The first electronic burglar alarm was installed in Boston.
1931:The New Statesman was published for the first time.
1952: Identity cards in Britain were scrapped.
1956: The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme was set up.
1960: All private businesses in Cuba were nationalised by Fidel Castro.
1961: The Beatles made their Cavern Club debut.
1964: £10 notes were issued for the first time since the Second World War.
1965: American black muslim leader, Malcolm X, was shot dead at a meeting in New York.
1983: Kajagoogoo were Too Shy at the top of the British charts.
1995: The RAF presented Flight Lieutenant Jo Sauter as their first female bomber pilot.
1997: The Bridgewater Four were released.
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