On this day

1875: The Kentucky Derby was first run at Louisville, Kentucky.

1888: Emile Berliner gave the first demonstration of flat disc recording and reproduction in Philadelphia.

1919: Pianist and entertainer (Wladziu Valentino) Liberace was born in Wisconsin.

1920: Joan of Arc was canonised.

1929: The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in Hollywood.

1943: The Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams in Germany were attacked by bombers of 617 Squadron using bouncing bombs invented by Dr Barnes Wallis.

1983: London police began wheel clamping illegally parked vehicles.

1991: Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the US Congress.