1912: The first parachute jump made over Missouri, America.

1931: Sir Oswald Mosely formed the British Fascist Party.

1950: The French Assembly curbed the sale of Coca Cola on French soil.

1966: The Cavern Club in Liverpool closed.

1971: Lichtenstein decided against giving women the vote.

1977: The first killer whale was born in captivity in California.

1986: Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, was shot dead as he walked home from a cinema in Stockholm.

1988: Kylie was a number one in Britain with I Should Be So Lucky.

1991: It was revealed that of the 16 Britons who died in the Gulf War, nine had been accidentally killed by American troops.

1994: NATO fired its first shots over Bosnia, attacking four Serb warplanes.

2000: On the same day Sir Alex Ferguson was handed the Freedom of the City of Manchester, Alan Shearer revealed he was quitting international football to spend more time with his family.