1617: The first one-way streets were introduced in London.

1940: The Blitz began as Germany bombers commenced an all-night raid on London.

1948: Middlesex County Council announced plans for a comprehensive school, the first of its kind.

1962: John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at Mount Pleasant Register Office in Liverpool. Paul McCartney was best man. John spent his wedding night playing with The Beatles at the local Riverpark Ballroom.

1965: Security guards at a Manchester television studio hosed down 200 Rolling Stones fans when they broke down barriers while waiting for the band to arrive.

1977: The Brotherhood of Man held the number one chart position with the Angelo.

1982: The Football League revealed that 282 players, who had been released on free transfers at the end of the previous season, had not yet found new clubs.

1993: The Los Angeles Police Department formally announced that Michael Jackson was under criminal investigation following allegations of child abuse.

1994: Manchester United fined Paul Ince because he had celebrated a little too enthusiastically after scoring in the Charity Shield match.

1995: Microsoft launched its new computer operating system, Windows 95.

1999: A boy was pulled out of the rubble of a Turkish earthquake six days after the tragedy.

2000: At the Snatch UK premiere, a policeman asked Brad Pitt to move along as he was creating a crowd. When he refused he was threatened with arrest.