1912: The suffragettes started a window-smashing campaign.

1914: Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian student, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne. This set in motion a train of events that eventually led to the outbreak of the First World War.

1930: Mick the Miller became the first dog to win the Greyhound Derby twice.

1932: India competed their first ever Test match at Lords. They lost to England.

1947: Eros returned to Piccadilly Circus in London.

1977: Elton John became the chairman of Watford FC.

1986: Wham's farewell concert took place at Wembley.

1990: The first changes were made to football's offside law in 65 years. FIFA ruled that when players were level with defenders they would be on side.

1998: An edition of Gardener's Question Time was recorded before a nude audience at a nudist camp.