1809  - 

Charles Darwin, the man who split the scientific community in two with his theory of evolution, is born. 

1851  - 

The first payable gold is discovered in Australia. 

1977  - 

The largest lobster on record is caught: it weighed nearly 20.2kg and was around a metre long. 

1993  - 

The world is shocked when two ten-year-old boys abduct and murder toddler James Bulger in England. 

2001  - 

The first ever descent of a spacecraft onto an asteroid occurs. 

2002  - 

The war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Miloevi, begins.