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In music:

25,000 mourners attended Patsy Cline's Funeral (1963)
The UK Top Ten was made up entirely of British acts, for the first time (1964)
Portuguese pianist Sergio Varella lashed out at Sheffield City Hall's management when his concert was drowned out by a Rolling Stones gig next door (1965)
Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman (1969)
A 7 foot statue of John Lennon was unveiled at the renamed Liverpool John Lennon airport (2002)

In news:

The first Census in Britain began (1801)
False teeth were patented (1822)
The baking of white bread was banned (1942)
A Japanese soldier was discovered hiding in the Philipines. He was unaware WWII had ended and was waiting to be picked up by his forces (1974)
Miners from 100 threatened pits went on strike. The strike lasted almost a year (1984)

In sport:

The horse racing starting gate was invented (1894)
England played their first game under Terry Venables and beat Denmark 1-0 (1993)
Will Carling announced he was resigning from his position as England Rugby captain (1996)
It was revealed that Wembley Stadium had been sold for £103million (1999)
Alex Ferguson announced that despite a disagreement with Beckham, David would stay with the club (1999)