1415: The English Army defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War.
1839: The world's first railway timetable, Bradshaw's Railway Guide, was published in Manchester.
1854: Lord Cardigan led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.
1955: Microwave ovens went on sale for the first time.
1961: The British satirical magazine Private Eye was published for the first time.
1972: English band Lieutenant Pigeon scored a number one with their cheesy classic Mouldy Old Dough.
1980: The Pope suggested that divorced Catholics who remarried could receive Communion if they abstained from sex.
1983: Over 2,000 American troops invaded Grenada.
1983: Bury suffered their worst ever Football League Cup defeated when they were trounced 10-0 by West Ham.
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