1871: The Rogues Gallery was started when photographs of all Britain's prisoners were taken for the first time.

1896: The first motor insurance policies were issued covering damage caused by frightened horses.

1922: The Australian airline, Quantas, took to the air for the first time.

1924: The Sunday Express published Britain's first crossword puzzle.

1936: The first British television service began, although only 400 sets had been sold.

1960: A British jury acquitted Penguin books of obscenity over the publishing of D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover.

1961: Helen Shapiro was Walking Back to Happiness at the top of the pop charts.

1967: Prime Minister Harold Wilson sued The Move over a postcard used to publicise Flowers in the Rain. It featured a mocked-up nude picture of Wilson. The band were ordered to destroy all copies of the postcard.

1978: The Daily Star was launched.

1982: Channel 4 was born. On the first night, the first episode of Brookside aired.