News

753BC - Rome was founded.

1953 - DNA was modelled for the first time.

1966 - Myra Hindley and Ian Brady went on trial for the Moors Murders.

1983 - The £1 coin went into circulation.

1984 - The discovery of HIV was announced in America.

1986 - Radioactive material leaked from a damaged nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, Ukraine. The effects were measured thousands of miles away.

1993 - Black teenager Stephen Lawrence was murdered in Eltham.

1993 - An IRA bomb exploded in the City of London, killing one person and leaving £1 billion worth of damage.

1999 - David Trimble became the first Ulster Unionist leader to meet the Pope at the Vatican.

Sport

1970 - Bobby Charlton made his 100th appearance for England.

1997 - Ronnie O'Sullivan scored the fastest-ever maximum 147 break at the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield, when he cleared the table in five minutes and 20 seconds.

2004 - Arsenal drew 2-2 with purs to win the Premiership and became the first side to win the league without losing a match.

Etertainment

1900 - The Daily Express was published for the first time.

1964 - BBC Two was launched. The first programme it broadcast was 'Play School'.

1995 - Chris Evans took over as host of the Radio 1 breakfast show.

1998 - Several forme guests on 'The Jerry Springer Show' claimed the whole programme was staged.

Music

1973 - Lou Reed recorded 'Walk on the Wild Side'. The memorable bass line was recorded by session musician erbie Flowers. He was paid £17 for the job.

1987 - Madonna became the only female artist to have four UK No.1s, when 'La Isla Bonita', went in at the top.

1999 - Sinead O'Connor was ordained as a priest by a rebel Irish bishop at a hotel in Lourdes, France. She subsequently took to calling herself Mother Bernadette Maria.

Number Ones

2006 - Gnarls Barkley: 'Crazy'.

2004 - Eamon: 'F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)'.

2000 - Fragma: 'Toca's Miracle'.

1998 - Run DMC vs Jason Nevins: 'It's Like That'.

1993 - The Bluebells: 'Young at Heart'.

1983 - David Bowie: 'Let's Dance'.

1978 - Kate Bush: 'Wuthering Heights'.