2015 - Archaeologists began excavating around 3,000 skeletons from the Bedlam burial ground in London, used from 1569 to at least 1738. Also known as Bethlem and the New Churchyard, more than 20,000 Londoners are believed to have been buried there.

2001 - Donald Campbell's boat, Bluebird, was recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria. Campbell was killed on 4th January 1967 at more than 300 mph whilst attempting to break his own water speed record.

1876 - The Scottish-born inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, patented the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.

1987 – The British-owned cross-channel ferry the ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ left Zeebrugge, Belgium, with its bow doors open. The ferry capsized killing 193 passengers.

1936 - The British fighter plane Spitfire made its first test flight from Eastleigh, Southampton, powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.

1969 - The Kray twins, Ronald and Reginald, were convicted of murdering George Cornell and Jack "the hat" McVitie. They were sentenced to life in prison, with a recommendation that they serve at least 30 years.

2017 – The Emoji Movie was named the worst film of 2017 at the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies), making it the first animated film to win the top prize in the ceremony's history.

1969 - Concorde's first flight took place when the 001 prototype took off from Toulouse in France. When the French test pilot landed Concorde for the first time, he simply said 'The big bird flies…'. The British-made prototype 002 flew from Bristol's Filton Airfield in the UK a few weeks later.

1998 - James Cameron’s Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, became the first film to gross more than $1 billion worldwide. It was the highest-grossing film of all time until Avatar (2009) surpassed it.