THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
MAY 3, 1968: The first heart transplant in Britain was carried out at the National Heart Hospital, Marylebone.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The Queen sent her “warmest good wishes” to the people of Northern Ireland on the date which many considered to be its centenary.
MAY 4, 1974: Abba reached the top of the pop charts with Waterloo, the Eurovision song contest winner.
MAY 5, 1941: Emperor Haile Selaisse returned to Ethiopia from exile in England after liberation of his country by British forces.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Scientists revealed they had discovered a simple, efficient way to recreate the early structure of the human embryo from stem cells in the laboratory.
MAY 6, 1937: The German airship Hindenburg exploded at its moorings in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 of the 97 people aboard.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Alcoholrelated deaths had reached their highest level for 20 years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), after jumping by a fifth over the previous year.
MAY 7, 2007: The tomb of Herod the Great was discovered by Israeli archaeologists south of Jerusalem.
MAY 8, 1970: The Beatles’ final album, Let It Be, was released.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo celebrated the arrival of nine gentoo penguin chicks.