1431: Joan of Arc was burnt as a heretic in Rouen, France.

1889: The bra was invented.

1940: The evacuation of Dunkirk began.

1949: A test pilot made the first escape by ejector seat in Britain.

1955: An advertising hoarding of Marilyn Monroe with a billowing skirt was taken down after pressure from the League of Decency.

1966: Graham Hill won the Indianapolis 500.

1972: Slade played at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester. Tickets were priced at 65 pence each.

1973: See My Baby Jive by Wizzard was at number one in the charts.

1978: Liverpool became the first British team to win the European Champions' Cup for the second year running.

1985: British football fans were banned from Belgium in the wake of the Heysel disaster.