1930 - It becomes possible to phone Australia from England.
1981 - Peter Sutcliffe confesses to being the Yorkshire Ripper.
1999 - It emerges that Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has checked into an addiction clinic to recover from her "hectic lifestyle".
2004 - The British 4x100m relay team lost the silver medals they wont at the 2003 World Championships after the deadline for Dwain Chambers to appeal against his drugs ban passed.
2004 - Firemen rush to a block of flats when a resident reports that he'd heard the sound of a cat trapped behind a wall. After they search for half an hour, the flat's owner realises that the sound he had heard was actually his new mobile phone ringtone.
2006 - Rapper Snoop Dogg is arrested after he and his entourage go on the rampage at Heathrow, They are abusive to staff and smash up a duty free shop.
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