1906 – Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania was launched at the John Brown Shipyard at Clydebank, Glasgow. At the time she was the world’s fastest and largest liner.

1929 – Mrs. Margaret Bondfield became the first woman cabinet minister in the Labour government, as Ramsay Macdonald’s Minister of Labour.

1935 – In Britain, Stanley Baldwin, Conservative, succeeded Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister.

1939 – King George VI became the first British monarch to visit the United States of America.

1940 – The birth, at this house in Pontypridd, of the entertainer Tom Jones. He has sold over 100 million records and has had thirty six Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom and nineteen in the United States.

1970 – England goalkeeper Gordon Banks makes the ‘greatest ever save’ from Pele in the England v Brazil World Cup match in Mexico. Brazil went on to win the game 1-0 with a goal from Jairzinho.

1977 – More than one million people line the streets of London as The Queen marks the start of her silver jubilee. On the same day, The Sex Pistols attempt to perform their song God Save The Queen on a boat on the River Thames, but are forced to stop by the police.

1990 – France, West Germany and Italy lifted a ban on British beef-on-the-bone after reaching a deal in Brussels.

1991 – Bill Morris became the first black trades union leader in the UK – being elected Secretary-General of the Transport and General Workers Union.

2000 – Tony Blair, the UK prime minister was heckled and criticised by the respected Women’s Institute members as he gave a speech at their conference.

2000 – Animal welfare companies praised a policeman who closed a section of the M5 in Devon to rescue three ducklings.

2006 – The Houses of Parliament are temporarily shut down due to an anthrax alert.

2012 – Remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare’s plays were first performed are found under a pub in London.

2019 – Theresa May officially stepped down as the leader of the Conservative Party, but remained as Prime Minister until 22nd July when her successor was announced.

2020 – In Bristol, the statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston is pulled down by protestors.