1844: The first morse code message was telegraphed. The message was "What God hath wrought".
1862: Westminster Bridge opened.
1920: French president Deschanel fell out of the Orient Express while wearing pyjamas.
1930: The planet Pluto was officially recognised.
1936: A report revealed there were an estimated 30,000 drug addicts in Britain.
1956: The first Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland. It ws won by Lys Assia from Switzerland with a song called refrain.
1965: The government announced that Britain would switch to the metric system.
1972: The Midlands motorway at Spaghetti Junction opened.
1979: "Alien" was released in America
1984: Alan Pettigrew set a world record by throwing a haggis 180ft 10 ins at Inchmurrin, Strathclyde.
1991: The funeral of Rajic Gandhi took place.
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