1967 – England’s round-the-world yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. For the ceremony, the Queen used a sword that had originally belonged to Sir Francis Drake.

1981 – The Church of England decided that divorcees would be allowed to re-marry in a church ceremony.

1984 – Georgina Clark became the first woman to umpire a Wimbledon final when she presided over the Martina Navratilova victory against Chris Evert.

1985 – German tennis player Boris Becker, an unseeded 17 year old, became the youngest player to win the men’s singles championship at Wimbledon.

1990 – England goalkeeper Peter Shilton played the last of his 125 games for his country in the World Cup third-place play-off against Italy in Bari.

2005 – A series of bomb attacks on London’s transport network killed 52 people and injured 700 others. It was the largest and deadliest terrorist attack in London’s history.

2010 – Marksmen searched empty buildings, woods and fields in and around the town of Rothbury in Northumberland in the hunt for suspected gunman Raoul Moat, wanted over the shooting of three people the previous weekend. The manhunt lasted almost seven days, and was the largest in modern British history. After a standoff with the police, Moat shot himself on 10th July.

2012 – Jonathan Marray became the first Briton to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title for 76 years after victory with wildcard partner Frederik Nielsen. The couple only teamed up three events previously, but beat fifth seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3.

2013 – Radical cleric Abu Qatada appeared in court in Jordan after being deported from Britain. He was first arrested over alleged terror connections in 2001 and was rearrested in 2005, when attempts to deport him began. In September 2014 he was released from prison after being found not guilty of terrorism offences.

2013 – Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon title and ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s champion with a victory over world number one Novak Djokovic. The Scot won 6-4, 7-5 and 6-4.

2014 – A precious hoard of Roman and Late Iron Age coins were discovered in a cave in Dovedale, Derbyshire, where it had lain undisturbed for more than 2,000 years. Experts said that it was the first time that coins from the two separate civilisations had been found buried together.

2014 – Five pupils from Nottingham’s Djanogly City Academy staged an unsuccessful ‘Great Escape’ breakout from school, by trying to tunnel under a 12ft (3.6m) high security fence with cutlery. (Pupils had been banned from leaving the school at lunchtime to ensure that they stayed safe and to improve attendance).