News

1815 - Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.

1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York by boat, as a gift from the people of France.

1903 - The Ford Motor company was established.

1928 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.

1952 - Anne Frank's diary was published in America.

1955 - Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be sentenced to death in Britain, after she killed her boyfriend.

1963 - Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to be launched into space.

1994 - A car chase across Los Angeles was screened throughout the US. O.J. Simpson's white Bronco was chased to his house, where he gave himself up to the police after the grisly discovery of the bodies of his wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman.

2005 - Ministers unveiled details of plans to ban smoking in the workplace by 2007 and other enclosed public places, including bus stops, by 2008.

Sport

1960 - Floyd Patterson became the first man to retain the world heavyweight boxing title.

1978 - Ian Botham became the first man in the history of cricket to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test, in a match against Pakistan.

1987 - The All Blacks beat the French in the first Rugby World Cup final.

2000 - Tiger Woods clinched a 15-stroke win in the US Open.

Entertainment

1950 - Judy Garland attempted suicide, following a bout of deep depression.

1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' premiered in New York.

1998 - The American Film Institute named 'Citizen Kane' as the Greatest American Movie of All Time.

Music

1958 - Buddy Holly recorded his first sessions without The Crickets.

1965 - The Byrds debuted on the UK chart with 'Mr Tambourine Man'.

1971 - The first Glastonbury Fayre music festival was held.

2006 - It was announced that 'Top of the Pops' was to be axed after 42 years.

Number ones

2007 Rihanna ft Jay-Z: 'Umbrella'.

2002 Elvis Vs JXL: 'A Little Less Conversation'.

1998 B*Witched: 'C'est La Vie'.

1993 Take That: 'Pray'.

1988 Timelords: 'Doctorin' The Tardis'.

1983 The Police: 'Every Breath You Take'.

1978 The Commodores: 'Three Times A Lady'.

1968 The Rolling Stones: 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'.