In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris after a year's exile on the isle of Elba.

In 1819, the exclusive shopping mall, Burlington Arcade, was opened in London.

In 1852, on the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the author Harriet Beecher Stowe said: "I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation."

From the Telegraph & Argus of March 20th, 1978...

More than 300 Pakistanis attended a protest meeting against the death sentence on Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Mr Z. A. Bhutto. They set up an action committee of 25 people to try to find means of putting pressure on the Pakistan Government to release Mr Bhutto and hold elections.

From the Telegraph & Argus of March 20th, 1953...

OUR READERS VIEWS: Could you please tell me if the price of *duck eggs is controlled. I have just paid 11s. 3d. for two bags and I feel most disgusted. I'll do without a fire before buying any more. - ON FIRE, Manningham.

(A Fuel Office official says that "duck eggs" or ovoids appear on the schedule of basic prices. There are eight grades and prices vary from 9s.6d. to 5s.6d. a bag)

*Duck eggs were a type of coal fuel.