1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor who developed television died.

1968 – British yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnson set out to sail solo around the world.

1970 – Manchester United footballer Bobby Charlton played his 106th and last international match for England against West Germany in the World Cup finals in Mexico. His first game had been in April 1958 against Scotland.

1972 – Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers faced flight delays and cancellations as pilots threatened to strike over hijack fears.

1976 – Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson received a knighthood.

1982 – Argentine forces surrendered at Port Stanley, ending the Falklands War. 255 Britons and 652 Argentines died in the conflict.

1995 – Pauline Clare, 47, became the first woman to be appointed chief constable in Britain.

1997 – Queen Elizabeth II birthday honours included a George Medal for teacher Lisa Potts, survivor of a machete attack at her school (1996) and a posthumous Queen’s Gallantry medal for headmaster Philip Lawrence murdered outside his school in December 1995.

2013 – Airbus A350, the newest aircraft from European planemaker Airbus successfully completed its maiden test flight. The plane, seen as vital to the future of Airbus is a direct competitor to US rival Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.

2016 – Rochdale Council re-opened the River Roch (which runs below the town centre), to expose the 14th century bridge. Seven bridges had been joined together for a distance of 446 metres in the early 1900s when tram lines were extended to the town, making it the widest bridge in Europe.

2017 – A fire in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block at North Kensington, West London caused 72 deaths. The fire started accidentally in a fridge-freezer on the fourth floor and the building burned for about 60 hours. The rapid spread of the fire destroyed the building and was thought to have been accelerated by the building’s exterior cladding, which at the time was of a common type in widespread use. A full inquiry into the fire was opened on 21st May 2018.