1569: England's first state lottery was held. Tickets were obtainable from the West Door of St Paul's Cathedral in London.

1864: Charing Cross station opened in London.

1878: Milk was delivered in glass bottles for the first time.

1949: The first recorded snowfall in Los Angeles.

1962: Cliff Richard became the first British artist to enter the UK singles chart at number one.

1965: You've Lost That Loving Feeling was unanimously voted a miss on Juke Box Jury. One of the panellists questioned whether it was played at the right speed.

1971: The first divorce was passed in Britain under the new Divorce Act. For the first time it allowed "irretrievable breakdown of marriage" as sole grounds.

1973: The Open University awarded its first degree.

1982: Steve Davis scored the first televised maximum break of 147 during a match with John Spencer at the Lada Snooker Championship.

1997: Nine women were ordained as the first female priests in the Anglican Church of Wales, at Bangor Cathedral.