9 April 2005 – The Prince of Wales married Camilla Parker-Bowles at a civil ceremony

1 April 1999 – A legally-binding minimum rate of pay was introduced in Britain for the first time

27 April 1992 – The House of Commons elected Betty Boothroyd to the post of Speaker; the first time a woman held the post in its 700-year history

11 April 1970 – Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Kennedy

16 April 1964 – Some of the longest sentences in British criminal history were given to the men involved in the Great Train Robbery

26 April 1962 – The American rocket Ranger IV landed on the moon

6 April 1896 – After a break of 1,500 years, the first Olympics of the modern era was held in Athens, Greece

2 April 1513 – Spanish explorer Ponce De Leon sighted Florida and claimed it for the Spanish Crown after landing at the site of present day St. Augustine; now the oldest city in the continental US