Chicken
Lord Sandwich, of sliced bread fame, is born
Penguin Books is launched
Eurovision Song Contest starts
Last person to be executed in the Tower of London
Roger Bannister 4 minute mile
Moon landing
Bobby Fischer becomes first American to win World Chess Championship
Double glazing becomes mandatory for new builds in UK
Execution of Benito Mussolini
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few” speech in Parliament
Barack Obama
Egg