1678: Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in protest at the taxes.
1911: The Titanic was launched.
1927: The last Model T Ford rolled off the production line.
1955: A State of Emergency was declared in Britain in the wake of a dock strike.
1961: Jimi Hendrix enlisted in the Army.
1969: The Plastic Ono Band recorded Give Peace A Chance during a "bed-in" at the Hotel La Reine in Montreal.
1982: Madness had the number one spot with House of Fun.
1984: Viv Richards scored 189 not-out for the West Indies against England. It was the highest ever innings in a one-day test.
1995: The FA banned English football teams from playing in Europe for a season, in the wake of the Heysell stadium disaster.
1998: Geri Halliwell announced that she had left the Spice Girls.
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