News

1721 - Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Britain.

1742 - The ruins of Pompeii were unearthed.

1913 - Emmeline Pankhurst was sentenced to three years imprisonment for inciting arson. She had urged supporters of the suffragette movement to bomb the Prime Minister's home.

1918 - The Battle of Somme ended.

1940 - Mussolini ordered the mobilisation of all Italians over the age of four.

1959 - The Dalai Lama fled from Chinese-occupied Tibet.

1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.

1982 - Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The war continued until 14th June.

2001 - Tony Blair delayed the election date for a month because of the foot-and-mouth epidemic.

Sport

1975 - Anatoly Karpov became the youngest-ever chess champion at the age of 23. He wa

1977 - Red Rum became the first horse to achieve a Grand National hat trick.

1997 - Martina Hingis became the youngest-ever world number one tennis player at the age of 16 years and six months.

Entertainment

1928 - The manuscript of 'Alice in Wonderland' sold for £15,400.

1993 - 'The Madness of King George' premiered in London.

Music

1964 - The Beatles achieved the unique feat of having the top five singles in the American chart.

1969 - Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' entered the charts, staying there for 122 weeks.

1997 - Joni Mitchell was reunited with Kilauren Gibb - the daughter she gave up for adoption 32 years earlier.

2002 - Kylie Minogue turned down an offer of £1.2 million to pose nude for 'Playboy' magazine, saying it wasn't for her.

Number ones

2006 - Gnarls Barkley: 'Crazy'.

2000 - Westlife: 'Fool Again'.

1999 - Mr. Oizo: 'Flat Beat'.

1993 - The Bluebells: 'Young at Heart'.

1983 - Duran Duran: 'Is There Something I Should Know?'.

1978 - Kate Bush: 'Wuthering Heights'.

1968 - The Beatles: 'Lady Madonna'.