FIRST FLIGHT: Francois de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandres made the first human flight in a hot-air balloon, built by the Montgolfier brothers, in 1783.
BLOODY SUNDAY: November 21, 1920, was Bloody Sunday, in Northern Ireland.
WISE WORDS: The New Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1933, included the words "slimming" and "tank" for the first time.
CHART SUCCESS: The Beach Boys' Good Vibrations was number one in the charts 35 years ago, in 1966.
SCARY STUFF: Michael Jackson's Thriller video premiered in Los Angeles, in 1983.
ON STRIKE: Ambulance crews went on strike for all but accidents and emergencies, in 1989.
WAR ENDS: In 1990, leaders of NATO and Warsaw Pact member states signed the Charter of Paris and a treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, ending the Cold War.
WEDDING BELLS: Also in 1990, Mick Jagger married Jerry Hall in Bali.
RETIREMENT: Red Rum, the only horse to win the Grand National three times, retired from public life, aged 29, in 1994.
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