21st February

1956 - The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme is set up.

1964 - £10 notes are issued again for the first time since World War II.

1995 - The RAF presents Flight Lieutenant Jo Sauter as their first female bomber pilot.

1996 - Dean Gould of Felixstowe threads a needle 3,471 times in two hours.

2001 - In Shanghai, a Chinese man scales a 1,400 foot building in just jeans, shirt and shoes - without any safety equipment. He is arrested at the top.

2001 - Billy Connolly wins control of the internet domain billyconnolly.com - it was previously used by a Labrador stud farm.