1863: The Football Association was formed.

1881: The legendary "Gunfight at the OK Corral" took place at Tombstone, Arizona.

1917: Felix the Cat made his first cartoon appearance.

1929: TW Evans of Miami, Florida, became the first woman to give birth aboard an aircraft.

1950: George VI opened the restored House of Commons which had been destroyed in an air raid in 1941.

1955: "Rebel Without A Cause", starring James Dean, opened in America.

1965: The Queen presented the Beatles with their MBEs at Buckingham Palace.

1972: Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the helicopter, drew his last breath.

1974: The British press coined the phrase "Rollermania" to describe the Bay City Rollers' fans' tartan-clad hysteria.

1986: Jeffrey Archer resigned as Chairman of the Conservative Party after allegations that he had paid off a prostitute.

1986: Nick Berry was at number one in the charts with "Every Loser Wins".