NEWS

1536 - Anne Boleyn was beheaded.

1796 - Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox innoculation.

1897 - The first communication was made by wireless telegraph.

1804 - Napoleon was declared Emporer.

1929 - Al Capone was jailed for carrying a gun.

1936 - An army revolt under Emilio Mola and Francisco Franco began the Spanish Civil War.

1955 - The Warsaw Pact was signed, uniting Eastern Bloc countries.

1973 - The American Senate began their Watergate hearings.

2002 - Loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair, was greeted by a cheering crowd aas he walked free from prison.

SPORT

1900 - Women took part in the modern Olympics for the first time.

1934 - Female players were allowed to wear shorts at Wimbledon for the first time.

1997 - Roberto DiMatteo scored within 42 seconds of kick-off at the FA Cup Final. It was the fastest goal in FA Cup Final history.

1998 - Arsenal won the double.

2000 - Australian teenage swimming sensation Ian Thorpe notched up his tenth world record, thanks in pert to his size 22 feet.

ENTERTAINMENT

1858 - The Royal Opera House opened in Covent Garden.

1955 - 'The Dambusters' premiered in London.

1970 - 'M*A*S*H' took the Grand Prix at Cannes.

1999 - 'Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace' opened in America.

2000 - British film censors lost their battle to ban pornographic videos.

MUSIC

1964 - Mods and Rockers clashed on Whit Sunday.

1979 - 'In The Navy' reached number three in America and number two in Britain. The American Navy considered using it as a recruitment song, until the full implications were pointed out to them.

1980 - The Sex Pistol' film, 'The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle', was released.

1998 - U2 held a concert in support of the Belfast Agreement.

NUMBER ONES

2006 - Gnarls Barkley: 'Crazy'

2004 - Frankee: 'F.U.R.B (FU Right Back).

1999 - Boyzone: 'You Needed Me'.

1987 - Starship: 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now'.

1972 - T. Rex: 'Metal Guru'.