on this day

z 1797:£1 notes were first issued by the Bank of England.

z 1815: Napoleon escaped from exile on the island of Elba and returned to France.

z 1839: The Grand National was first run at Aintree.

z 1935: Radar( Radio Detection and Ranging) was first demonstrated in Daventry by Robert Watson-Watt.

z 1936: The Volkswagen car factory was opened in Saxon y by Adolf Hitl er.

z 1950: Scottish music hall singer and co median Sir Harry Lauder died, aged 79.

z 1983:Irishm an Pat Jennings became the first football er to play in 1,000 first-class football matches.

z 1989: Burke’ s Peer age reported King Arthur’ s Round Table had been found near Stirling, on the banks of the Car ron.