1838: Grace Darling and her father rescued the crew of the Forfarshire, a steamer wrecked off the Northumberland coast. She subsequently became a national heroine.
1910: Marie Curie announced that she had isolated pure radium.
1928: The first automatic car passed a series of road tests.
1963: Sussex won the first domestic one-day cricket final.
1973: The crew of a Royal Navy frigate were accused of throwing carrots at an Icelandic gunboat and Jackie Stewart became Formula 1 World Champion for the third consecutive year.
1976: Abba were at the top of the hit parade with the classic Dancing Queen.
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