The Twin Towers were finally demolished in 2003

1918 Plans for stadium unveiled. After the Great War plans were drawn up for a national stadium to be built on Wembley Park Leisure Ground, which at the time was an 18-hole golf course. The Empire Stadium, as it was originally known, was built by architects Sir John Simpson and Maxwell Ayerton, and the engineer Sir Owen Williams and took just 300 days to complete.

1923 White horse final. The first match played at the new stadium was between West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup Final. Officially a capacity 127,000 were in attendance but unofficially it has been estimated between 150,000 and 200,000 were there. PC George Scorey on his white horse 'Billy' famously had to force the crowd back so the game could take place. Bolton won the match 2-0.

1924 Great Exhibition. The impetus behind the move to build a national stadium, this event was opened by King George V on April 23rd. It is estimated 4,500,000 visited Wembley during the next year and a half.

1929 First Rugby League Challenge Cup Final. As well as the FA Cup Final, another annual sporting occasion synonymous with the ground is the Challenge Cup Final. In the first match played at Wembley, Wigan beat Dewsbury 13-2.

1948 Olympics. The first Olympics after the Second World War was hosted at Wembley which only increased the prestige in which the stadium was held. Most memorably Fanny Blankers Koen won four gold medals at the games.

1953 Matthews Final. Stanley Matthews had played in two losing cup finals and many feared at 38 he was running out of opportunities to get his hands on a medal (quite laughable when he played for another 12 years). In one of the most dramatic finals ever, Bill Mortensen scored a hat-trick and Matthews set up the winning goal for Bill Perry as they beat Bolton 4-3.

1953 Hungary humble England. A milestone moment in football as the Magnificent Magyars became the first side from Continental Europe to beat England humbling them 6-3, with the 'Galloping Major' Ferenc Puskas pulling the strings and scoring one of the most memorable goals in the Stadium's history.

1961 Tottenham win 'The Double'. The last double had been achieved by Preston North End in 1889. Tottenham did 'the impossible' by beating Leicester City 2-0 in the final.

1963 Henry Cooper knocks down Cassius Clay. Still perhaps the most iconic moment in the history of British boxing, when Our 'Enry's left hook felled the man who would go on to be 'The Greatest'.

1966 England win World Cup. You've heard about this right?

1967 Scotland beat England. A year on from England's greatest sporting moment, Scotland came to Wembley and became the first team to beat them since then - an occasion made even more famous by Jim Baxter's juggling antics.

1968 Manchester United win the European Cup. The Red Devils won the European Cup a decade on from when they first should have taken the trophy. An emotional night for Matt Busby and Bobby Charlton - both survivors of the Munich Air Disaster.

1969 Horse of Year Trials ruin pitch. The Horse of the Year trials held on the grounds ruined the Wembley pitch forcing many matches to be played on an abysmal surface before it was relayed - and giving Arsenal an excuse when they lost to Swindon in the League Cup final a few months later.

1971 Ajax win European Cup. 18 years on from the Hungarian invasion, the Johan Cruyff-inspired Dutch side showed themselves to be the new masters of the European game when this 'Total Football' side beat Panathinaikos to seal the first of their three successive cup triumphs.

1977 Scotland invade pitch. Scotland fans over-zealous in their celebration of their side's 2-1 victory over England, invaded the pitch and took down the goalposts.

1982 Pope at Wembley. The Pope came to Wembley drawing a capacity crowd of 80,000.

1985 Live Aid. Perhaps the most famous music concert ever.

1988 Wimbledon shock Liverpool. The biggest upset in FA Cup Final history, as the 'Crazy Gang beat the Culture Club' thanks to a Lawrie Sanchez header and Dave Beasant's penalty save.

1995 Bruno beat McCall. After losing his first two title bids against Tim Witherspoon and Mike Tyson, Britain's most popular fighter of his generation finally won the WBC belt by outpointing Oliver McCall.

1996 Euro 96. From Gazza's goal against Scotland to Stuart Pearce's post shoot-out celebration against Spain and the tears following another shoot-out defeat to Germany, this tournament produced a host of memories.

1999 Scott Gibbs scores try to deny England Grand Slam. Rugby Union came to Wembley while the Millenium Stadium was being built and it proved a happy home for Wales on this occasion as they beat England.

2000 Hamann scores last goal at Wembley. Kevin Keegan's last game as national manager saw England's route to the 2002 World Cup get off to a shaky start as Dietmar Hamann's long range free kick gave Germany victory.

2007 Wembley reopens (finally) with England Under-21 vs Italy Under-21.