1919 The world's first international daily air service began between London and Paris.

1994: Man gets 'bionic' heart
A man is given the world's first battery-operated heart in a pioneering operation in Britain.

1950: Television crosses the Channel
The BBC transmits the first ever live television pictures across the Channel.

1994: Sunday trading legalised
Thousands of shops in England and Wales open legally for the first time following a change in the Sunday trading laws.

1994: Sunday trading legalised
Thousands of shops in England and Wales open legally for the first time following a change in the Sunday trading laws.

1965: Gemini V returns to Earth
Two American astronauts splash down safely in the Atlantic after setting a space endurance record.

1930 Morris Cars announced the arrival of the Morris Major costing £215.

1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed after her car crashes in a Paris underpass - the driver and her friend Dodi Fayed are also dead.

1960: Game on for British betting shops
Britain's first betting shops will be allowed to open for business from May 1961, the government announces.

1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago

1985: Titanic wreck captured on film
The first pictures of the wreck of the Titanic are released 73 years after the liner sank with the loss of 1,500 lives.

1959: UK's first trunk call from a pay phone.
The first trunk dialling system from a public call-box is launched during a ceremonial phone call from Bristol to London.

1997: Diana's funeral watched by millions
Britain and the world say farewell to Diana, Princess of Wales, at the end of an unprecedented week of mourning.