1887 – ‘Bloody Sunday’ in London when violence erupted in Trafalgar Square at a Socialist rally attended by Irish agitators.

1901 – The Caister (Norfolk) Lifeboat Disaster. Lifeboat Beauchamp and its crew were lost while attempting a rescue during heavy seas. The following morning, eight bodies were recovered at the scene with another, that of Charles Bonney George being washed away, only to be recovered months later in April of the following year. The victims are all buried in Caister Cemetery

1910 – The birth of Pat Reid British Army officer and author. He was a prisoner of war at Colditz Castle and was one of the few to escape. He wrote about his experiences in two best-selling books, which became the basis of a film, TV series and even a board game.

1916 – World War One : The final Battle of the Somme, on the River Ancre. By the end of the battle, (which started on 1st July 2016) the British Army had suffered 420,000 casualties including 19,240 fatalities on the first day alone. The French lost 200,000 men and the Germans nearly 500,000. The Battle of the Somme epitomised the futility of trench warfare and the indiscriminate slaughter of so many men.

1936 – King Edward VIII told the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, that he intended to marry twice divorced Mrs. Simpson.

1947 – Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Dalton, resigned after admitting he had disclosed tax proposals to a reporter several minutes before presenting his Budget speech.

1954 – Great Britain defeated France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup, held in Paris, in front of around 30,000 spectators.

1969 – Britain’s first live quintuplets this century were born, at Queen Charlotte’s maternity hospital in London.

1979 – The Times newspaper was published for the first time in nearly a year. The paper’s disappearance from news stands followed a dispute between management and unions over manning levels and the introduction of new technology.

1987 – With a view to encouraging ‘safe sex’, or AIDS prevention, the BBC screened its first condom ‘commercial’ (without a brand name).

1995 – 18 year Leah Betts was on a life-support machine after taking a single ecstasy tablet at her 18th birthday party. She died three days later without ever regaining consciousness.

2017 – The first-ever Barbie wearing a hijab was revealed at Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year summit. The hijab-wearing Barbie doll was designed after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad and was part of the “Shero” Barbie series.

2018 – The trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán begins in New York.