1852: Britain's first pillar boxes were erected in St Helier, Jersey.
1879: The pencil sharpener was patented by J. L. Love.
1921: American President, Warren Harding, banned doctors from prescribing beer, eliminating a loophole in the prohibition laws.
1956: Jayne Mansfield was served with a writ by her husband. He claimed she was an unworthy mother, on the grounds that she was living with her lover and had posed nude for Playboy.
1960: The Magnificent Seven hit the cinema screens.
1963: The first episode of Dr Who was broadcast with William Hartnell as the Doctor and Anna Ford as his assistant.
1976: Ten hours after his drink-driving arrest, Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested again. This time the offence was brandishing a pistol outside Gracelands and demanding to see the "King".
1976: Chicago were at number one with their classic If You Leave Me Now.
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