1858 – The birth, in Moss Side Manchester, of Emmeline Pankhurst, the English suffragette who led the fight for women’s suffrage in Britain, often by violent means.

1865 – The birth of Alfred (Charles William) Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe. Northcliffe introduced the first tabloid newspaper, the Daily Mail, followed later by the Daily Mirror. He also took over The Times in 1908, and improved its declining sales.

1912 – National Insurance payments began in Britain.

1948 – Alcoholics Anonymous, in existence in the USA since 1935, was founded in London.

1953 – Murderer John Christie, responsible for the deaths of at least six women in his home at 10, Rillington Place, London, was hanged.

1966 – A West Indian, refused a job at Euston Station was later employed there after managers overturned a ban on black workers.

1977 – The government announced a 10% pay restriction on wages to help curb inflation.

1996 – Prince Charles and Princess Diana were granted a decree nisi. Princess Diana could no longer be addressed as Her Royal Highness but was to be known as Diana, Princess of Wales.

1997 – Fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot dead on the steps of his Miami mansion.

2000 – Two men caught on camera for dangerous driving escaped prosecution in a landmark case, as it had violated their human rights.

2007 – The UK music industry reacted angrily to a decision to give away Prince’s new album “Planet Earth” as a ‘covermount’ with the Mail on Sunday newspaper. The CD was not due to be released in stores until July 24.

2014 – Former Tory leader William Hague resigned, thus ending his political career which started at the aged of 16 when he took the 1977 Conservative Party conference by storm.

2015 – A judge trims more than $1m from the damages Pharrell Williams was ordered to pay after the Blurred Lines copyright trial. The case revolved around the question of whether Williams and his co-writer Robin Thicke had copied Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit ‘Got To Give It Up’. The judge also gave Gaye’s family a 50% cut of future earnings from the song.

2015 – The planned ‘free vote’ by MPs on weakening the hunting ban was dropped after the SNP decided to vote against the changes, even though they only affect England and Wales. Under the proposals, hunters in England and Wales would have been able to use a pack of dogs to flush out foxes before shooting them. There is currently a limit of two dogs.

2018 – Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao stops WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in seven rounds in Kuala Lumpur for his first knockout in nine years and 60th career victory.