In 1647, the British army seized King Charles I and held him as a hostage.
In 1784, Marie Thible became the first woman to fly in a hot-air balloon. The flight was 45 minutes long and reached a height of 8,500 feet.
In 2003, Amazon.com announced it had received more than one million orders for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which was planned for release on June 21.
25 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of June 4, 1982...
It won't arf be hot, Mum, but David Bottomley doesn't mind. The Bradford-born boxer, painter and marathon runner plans to hitch-hike to Bangladore, in southern India, to see his late father's birthplace.
50 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of June 4, 1957...
Empire Studios, the Bradford mail order concern, has recently completed a £50,000 transformation act - the conversion of an old weaving shed into one of the most modern warehouses in the city.
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