In 1284, legend has it that the Pied Piper of Hamelin led the town's children into oblivion because the people refused to pay their pest control bill.
In 1907, Oxford University awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters to Mark Twain.
In 2000, scientists decoded the three billion parts of human DNA to map the human genome.
50 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of June 26, 1957
Air-raid shelters built on the doorsteps of houses in streets off the Flush area of Spenborough should now be pulled down "to let a little sunlight into people's lives" said a councillor at Spenborough Council.
25 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of June 26, 1982
Bradford's deputy fire commander Ron Phillis has been promoted to Birkenshaw fire headquarters in a senior staff officer post.
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