Oct24

1980  The British Leyland MG car plant at Abingdon closed after 50 years of production

Oct25 

1976  The National Theatre on London's South Bank opened

1961  Private Eye was first published

1854  Captain William Morris led the charge of the Light Brigade

1839  Bradshaw's Railway Guide was first published

1415  Henry V defeated the French at Agincourt

Oct26 

1991  Bill Graham, founder of the Fillmore concert halls, was killed in a helicopter crash

1929  Mrs T W Evans became the first woman to give birth in an aircraft

1881  A gunfight took place at the OK Corral, Tombstone, Arizona

Oct27 

1879  The Liverpool Echo first published

Oct28 

  901  Alfred the Great died

Oct29 

1863  The International Red Cross was founded

Oct30 

1905  Aspirin became available in Britain

Oct31 

1984  Mrs Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was shot by one of her bodyguards

1964  The Windmill Theatre in London closed

1951  The zebra crossing was introduced