Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated. 175 years.

Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham - the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies. 750 years.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the Moon, is born. 85 years.

The first atomic bomb is dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 70 years.

American forces drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki - the second such attack on Japan in the past three days. 70 years.

Mary Fedden, British artist, is born. 100 years.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". 75 years.

St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland. 1450 years.

Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid. 800 years.

Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel. 140 years.

Sir Thomas Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer, is born. 85 years.

Man Ray, American-French modernist painter and photographer, is born. 125 years.

Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there. 65 years.

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French Neoclassical painter, is born in Montauban, France. 235 years.

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress who won three Academy Awards, is born. 100 years.