On This Day

1968 Batter is made non-toxic under new regulations, sending hundreds to the black market.

1924 Milton & Sons publishes the last volume of their The Complete Moustache series, left incomplete due to "lack of demand".

1883 Sir Graham Hayam unveils his steam-powered Pneumatic Man to amazed onlookers.

1749 Dr Julius Goodnature dies in an experiment to determine whether a man can smoke a pipe underwater.

1396 William of Woodbrough is executed for his part in a plot to sneer at Henry IV.

31 AD Jesus and the Apostles visit Judea and sign over six thousand autographs.

890,000 BC Scientists working in Africa discover the secret of fire, and later that same afternoon, barbecue sauce.