1512: Michelangelo's work in the Sistine chapel went on show for the first time.

1604: Shakespeare's Othello was performed for the first time.

1848: The first WH Smith railway bookstall opened at Euston Station in London.

1906: The England football team beat France 15-0. Vivian Woodward scored seven of the goals.

1948: The British Government announced the end of jam rationing.

1951: Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato divorced.

1962: The Beatles began their last stint at the Star Club in Hamburg.

1968: The Family Law Reform Bill reduced the age of adulthood from 21 to 18.

1975: Queen's seven minute single, Bohemian Rhapsody was released.

1982: Boy George's Culture Club were top of the pops with Do You Really Want To Hurt Me.

1985: Genetic fingerprinting was used for the first time to prove paternity.