Steve Peregrin Took of T-Rex died today in 1980, after choking on a cherry pip.


In 1936 American 'adventuress' Wallis Simpson obtained a divorce from her husband, leaving her free to marry King Edward VIII


Ramsay Street came to every town in Britain in 1987, as Australian soap opera Neighbours premiered on British television


In an episode rarely seen in British history books, the Duke of Buckingham landed 8,000 men on the French Isle de Re in 1627, and was easily defeated by Cardinal Richelieu

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind