1545: The Mary Rose, the pride of Henry VIII's fleet, sank in the Solent with the loss of 700 lives.

1848: Women's rights campaigner Amelia Bloomer, unveiled "bloomers" to the world at a convention in New York.

1903: The first Tour de France was won by Maurice Garin.

1954: Elvis Presley recorded That's All Right Mama, his first single.

1966: Frank Sinatra married Mia Farrow in Las Vegas.

1975: The Bay City Rollers had their second and final number one with Give a Little Bit.

1979: Maria Pintassilo became Portugal's first woman prime minister.

1980: The Olympic Games in Moscow was boycotted by 65 nations protesting at the invasion of Afghanistan.

1992: Nick Faldo won his third UK Golf Open.

1998: A tidal wave in New Guinea killed 6,000 people, more than half the area's population.