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On this day - January 3
From the Bolton Evening News, first published Monday 3rd Jan 2005.
1772: The first travellers' cheques were introduced by the London Credit Exchange Company.
1785: The Daily Universal Register was first published by John Walter. It was renamed The Times in 1788.
1881: The first British postal orders were issued.
1890: Football nets were used in goals for the first time, for a match in Bolton.
1894: The Manchester Ship Canal was opened.
1901: Six states and two territories federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia.
1931: The Road Traffic Act came into force, introducing traffic policemen and compulsory third-party insurance.
1958: The EEC came into being. Its six members were France, Italy, West Germany, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Britain, Ireland and Denmark joined on this day in 1973.
1964: The first Top Of The Pops was aired, with Jimmy Savile as its presenter.
1974: New Year's Day was celebrated as a national holiday for the first time.
1992: Egyptian diplomat Butros Butros Ghali became the sixth secretary-general of the UN, taking over from Javier Perez de Cuellar.
LAST YEAR: Eight British tourists were killed in South Africa when their minibus crashed while swerving to avoid a pedestrian.
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