1745: God Save the King was sung for the first time in public at the Dury Lane Theatre in London.

1894: Simon Marks and Tom Spencer opened their Penny Bazaar in Manchester.

1904: A woman was arrested for smoking on New York's Fifth Avenue.

1964: A survey revealed that pirate station Radio Caroline had more listeners than BBC Radio.

1966: Jim Reeves's Distant Drums was top of the pops.

1978: Pope John Paul I was found dead. He had been pope for just 33 days.

1996: Frankie Dettori became the first jockey to win all seven races at a meeting at Ascot.

1998: The MCC voted to let women join the club, ending a 211 year rule.