Bands make their standA world record was set on this day in 1992, when 983 ‘trad jazz’ bands assembled in Hyde Park for a ‘Day of Dignity’ rally organised by the Trade Union Congress.
Teds march on BBCOn this day in 1976, ‘teddy boys’ (and girls) from all over Britain marched on the BBC’s headquarters in London, to protest the lack of authentic rock’n’roll on the radio.
A fight at the operaOn this day in 2008 there was uproar at the London’s Royal Opera House as violence disrupted a performance of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.
The Archers arriveThe first episode of The Archers was broadcast on this day in 1950.
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28 July 1967
Homosexuality decriminalised
Royal Assent was given to the Sexual Offences Act on this day in 1967, effectively decriminalising private homosexual acts between consenting adults over 21 years of age. Read on...
Dirk Bogarde (right) played a homosexual victim of blackmail