Official figures placed attendance at 126,000 people – 1,000 more than the stadium’s capacity – but estimates suggest that the crowd was probably twice that size.
The racehorse Red Rum won an historic third Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
Cranmer’s execution in 1556 for heresy was intended to act as way to discredit Protestantism.
Anti-Semitic attacks spread across England and reached York in March 1190.
The couple were declared King and Queen after agreeing to the Declaration of Right. Their coronation took place on 11 April.
John Rogers became the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I after he was burnt at the stake.
The four people killed in the air raids were all civilians, which served as a stark message about the changing nature of warfare in the 20th Century.
On the 12th January 1895, the National Trust was founded by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley.
Although the income tax was abolished in 1802, it was reinstated and repealed another two times before being made permanent.
When the Witenaġemot met after the death of Edward the Confessor, the elected Harold to be the new king and his coronation took place the same day.
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