2016: The U.S. Treasury Department announced a plan for Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson as the portrait on the $20 bill.
2015: Sorting in Python 3 - and how it differs from Python 2 sorting - [read]
2014: A lovely meal in Swindon - just a short walk from the station - [read]
2012: Digital Champions think that Well House Manor is a champion venue! - [read]
2010: Asking about Jesus - [read]
2009: Bigger and better this year! - [read]
2008: Steam Engines at Bressingham - [read]
2007: Two by One by Wiltshire - [read]
2006: Healthier eating - [read]
2005: What career opportunities for web designers - [read]
1999: Students 'kill dozens' at Denver school. A shooting spree by two American high school students is feared to have left up to 25 people dead.
1998: Kenyan runner Moses Tanui, 32, won the Boston Marathon for the second time. He also registered the third fastest time with 2 hours 7 minutes and 34 seconds.
1992: The worlds largest fair, Expo '92, opened in Seville, Spain.
1991: Mikhail Gorbachev became the first Soviet head of state to visit South Korea.
1989: Scientist announced the successful testing of high-definition TV.
1988: The U.S. Air Forces' Stealth (B-2 bomber) was officially unveiled.
1987: In Argentina, President Raul Alfonsin quelled a military revolt.
1985: In Madrid, Santiago Carillo was purged from the Communist Party. Carillo was a founder of Eurocommunism.
1984: Britain announced that its administration of Hong Kong would cease in 1997.
1982: The Activision game Pitfall! was released for the Atari 2600 game system.
1981: A spokesman for the U.S. Nave announced that the U.S. was accepting full responsibility for the sinking of the Nissho Maru on April 9.
1977: Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiered.
1974: 'Troubles' death toll hits 1,000. The conflict in Northern Ireland has claimed its 1,000th victim, a petrol station owner from County Fermanagh.
1972: Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis. The Apollo 16 manned mission to the Moon lands after a seven-hour crisis which nearly aborts the mission.
1971: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.
1968: Powell slates immigration policy. The Conservative right-winger Enoch Powell has made a hard-hitting speech attacking the government's immigration policy.
1967: U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War.
1962: The New Orleans Citizens' Council offered a free one-way ride for black people to move to northern states.
1961: FM stereo broadcasting was approved by the FCC.
1959: "Desilu Playhouse" on CBS-TV presented a two-part show titled "The Untouchables."
1953: UN and Korea begin prisoner exchange. The US and Korea swap sick and wounded prisoners of war at Panmunjon.
1945: Soviet troops began their attack on Berlin.
1942: Pierre Laval, the premier of Vichy France, in a radio broadcast, establishes a policy of "true reconciliation with Germany."
1940: The First electron microscope was demonstrated by RCA.
1919: The Polish Army captured Vilno, Lithuania from the Soviets.
1916: Sir Roger Casement landed in Ireland to incite rebellion against the British. Casement, a British diplomat, was captured within hours and was hanged for high treason on August 3.
1912: Fenway Park opened as the home of the Boston Red Sox.
1902: Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.
1879: First mobile home (horse drawn) was used in a journey from London to Cyprus.
1865: Safety matches were first advertised.
1861: Robert E. Lee resigned from U.S. Army.
1841: In Philadelphia, PA, Edgar Allen Poe's first detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," was published in Graham's Magazine.
1837: Erastus B. Bigelow was granted a patent for his power loom.
1836: The U.S. territory of Wisconsin was created by the U.S. Congress.
1832: Hot Springs National Park was intially created by an act of the U.S. Congress. It was the first time a piece of land was set aside by the U.S. government to preserve the area for recreation. The area was made a national park on March 4, 1921.
1809: Napoleon defeated Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria.
1792: France declared war on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia. It was the start of the French Revolutionary wars.
1775: American troops began the siege of British-held Boston.
1769: Ottawa Chief Pontiac was murdered by an Illinois Indian in Cahokia.
1689: The siege of Londonderry began. Supporters of James II attacked the city.
1657: English Admiral Robert Blake fought his last battle when he destroyed the Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay.
1653: In England, Oliver Cromwell expelled the Long Parliament for trying to pass the Perpetuation Bill that would have kept Parliament in the hands of only a few members.
1534: Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, set sail from St. Malo to explore the North American coastline.
1139: The Second Lateran Council opened in Rome.