IT HAPPENED TODAY
Martin Luther nailed his 95 ‘theses’ to the church door at Wittenburg, inadvertently sparking the Reformation which split the Church.
Michelangelo finished painting ‘The Last Judgement’ in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
Lyric poet John Keats was born in London.
The Battle of Britain ended. The RAF lost 915 aircraft, while the Luftwaffe lost 1,733.
Princess Margaret (top) announced that she would not marry Captain Peter Townsend, a divorcee.
Dr Ake Senning implanted the first internal heart pacemaker in Stockholm.
A terrorist bomb exploded at the top of the Post Office Tower in London.
Mrs Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India, was shot dead by two Sikh members of her bodyguard in New Delhi.
American tennis star Venus Williams (above) made her professional debut as a 14-year-old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion Shaun Stafford.
A truck mows down people on a cycle lane, killing eight, during a terrorist attack in New York.
Neverbefore-seen images offering fresh evidence that a supermassive black hole lurks at the centre of the Milky Way were revealed.
Michael Kitchen, actor, 71; Charles Moore, journalist and former editor of the Daily Telegraph, 63; Peter Jackson, film director, 58;
Larry Mullen Jnr, rock drummer (U2), 58; Johnny Marr (above), rock guitarist, 56; Denis Irwin, former footballer and TV presenter, 54; Ian Walker, former footballer, 48; Matt Dawson, former rugby player, 47.