1824: The washing machine was patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec.
1896: The first time a car was reported stolen.
1926: Dame Nellie Melba gave her farewell performance at Covent Garden in London.
1966: The Tories demanded a copy of the script for the first episode of Til Death Do Us Part, which called Edward Heath a "grammar school twit".
1967: The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band hit number one. The landmark album had cost £25,000 to produce and taken 700 hours of studio time. It spent 27 weeks at number one.
1981: Number one in the hit parade was Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants.
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