1997 - Fox cartoon series "The Simpsons" airs the167th episode. It is the longest-running American animated series, longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running American scripted primetime television series, both in seasons and individual episodes.

1983 - Shergar, the legendary Thoroughbred racehorse, was stolen by gunmen. Shergar was retired after a successful season in 1981 and was valued at ten million pounds.

1964 - Beatlemania arrived in the United States when the Beatles landed in New York. Over 5,000 screaming fans greeted the Pan Am Flight 101 from London, UK to get a glimpse of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.

1958 - Seven Manchester United footballers (Busby’s Babes) died in their Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador when the plane crashed in thick snow on the runway at Munich airport during its third attempted take off.

2004 - The Morecambe Bay cockling disaster. Twenty-three Chinese cockle pickers died after becoming trapped by incoming tides off the Lancashire coast. A further 15 cockle pickers survived and the disaster left an indelible mark on all those it affected.

2013 - A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park in August 2012 was confirmed as that of King Richard III. He was the last king of the House of York and died in 1485.

1959 - Buddy Holly, Richie Valens And The Big Bopper die when their small aircraft crashes in snow shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa.

1901 - Queen Victoria State Funeral in St. George’s Chapel. After the funeral her coffin lay-in-state in The Albert Memorial Chapel for two days and was then taken to The Mausoleum by The Royal Horse Artillery.

1979 - Trevor Francis, aged 24, became the first £1m footballer in England, signing for Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest.