Japanese officials have signed the act of unconditional surrender, finally bringing to an end six years of world war. In the presence of 50 Allied generals and
More than 100 police officers had to be taken to hospital after clashes at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London. Most were released after treatment but at least
A British force of about 4,000 infantry has arrived in Korea from Hong Kong. The decision to send the troops, as back up for the American-led United
The fight for racial equality in the United States moved a step closer to victory today as Martin Luther King spoke of his dream for freedom in an
The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, has been found dead at his Belgravia home in London. It is not yet clear how he died. Friends found his body
A man has been given the world’s first battery-operated heart in a pioneering operation in Britain. The patient, an unnamed 62-year-old from the south of England,
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has begun his purge of cabinet members and officials involved in the failed coup four days ago. Two of the three ministers who
The England soccer captain, Bobby Moore, has been cleared of stealing an emerald bracelet in Colombia. Moore, who captained England to World Cup victory in 1966, was
A massive bomb has wrecked the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 17 people including the UN’s chief envoy to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Presley, 42, was discovered slumped in a bathroom at his mansion in Memphis, Tennessee on Tuesday. He was rushed to the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis but
At least 28 people have died and hundreds have been injured after a weekend of rioting in Los Angeles. Armed National Guards have been deployed on the
Shipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland, have staged a successful strike in protest over the dismissal of militant crane driver Anna Walentinowicz. The strike at the Lenin shipyard
Jamie Gavin had the four-hour operation at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex, west of London. His condition is described as satisfactory. The young patient and his parents
Andrew Gilligan, defence correspondent for the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, was giving evidence to the Hutton Inquiry on its second day. He stood by
The unprecedented transition of power under the 25th amendment officially occurred when Mr Nixon handed a letter of resignation to Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon has announced he is stepping down as president of the United States - the first man ever to do so. He has announced his departure
The Ugandan leader, Idi Amin, has set a deadline for the expulsion of most of the country’s Asians. General Amin said all Asians who are not
A British man has become the first to sail the world non-stop in the “wrong” direction - east to west - against the prevailing winds and currents.
Screen icon Marilyn Monroe has been found dead in bed at her Los Angeles home. The 36-year-old actress’ body was discovered in the early hours of this
Thousands of British campers on holiday in the south of France have been forced to abandon their tents when forest fires threatened to engulf them. At least
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