News
1582 - An 18-year-old William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.
1859 - Charles Darwin's 'The Origin Of The Species' was published.
1905 - Sinn Fein was founded by Arthur Griffith in Dublin.
1919 - Nancy, Viscountess Astor took her place as the first woman in the house of commons.
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with the assassination of John F Kennedy, was shot by strip club owner Jack Ruby, while in police custody.
1973 - Aboriginals were granted the right to vote in Australia.
1974 - The IRA were outlawed in all of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
1998 - Tony Blair became the first British Prime Minister to address the Irish parliament.
2003 - Concorde made its last ever flight.
Sport
1953 - The England Football team lost for the first time at Wembley - they were beaten 6-3 by Hungary.
1983 - Kenny Dalglish scored his 100th League goal for Liverpool
2005 - George Best died.
Entertainment
1865 - The first edition of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' was published.
1976 - Emu attacked Michael Parkinson.
1995 - Damien Hirst won the Turner Prize.
1998 - Playboy put Marilyn Monroe at number one in a list of the 100 sexiest stars of the century.
Music
1945 - Miles Davis worked on his first recording session with Charlie Parker.
1977 - The Sex Pistols released their first UK single, Anarchy In The UK'.
1984 - The all-star recording session took place for Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' at Island Studios in London.
Number Ones
2007 - Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'
2003 - Westlife: 'Mandy'
1998 - Cher: 'Believe'
1993 - Meatloaf: 'I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)'
1983 - Billy Joel: 'Uptown Girl'
1978 - The Boomtown Rats: 'Rat Trap'
