About this day - Monday July 15: This day in history.

1945: Blackouts ended in Britain 1948: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in London.

1970: An experimental pacemaker was fittted to a 56-year-old woman at the National Heart Centre in London.

1992: MPs gave themselves a 40 per cent raise on their expense accounts. 1996: A decree nisi was issued for the divorce of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

1996: The Church of England was looking into the possibility of divorcees being able to remarry in church.

1997: Anthony-Noel Kelly was charged with stealing human body parts to use in his sculptures.

1998: Research claimed if a woman was stressed while pregnant she would most likely have a small baby.