1978 Spain set to vote for democracy

The majority of the 25 million Spaniards eligible to vote are expected to endorse a new constitution in the historic referendum. It would strip the monarchy of much

1977 Egypt severs ties with Arab hardliners

He has ordered their diplomats to leave Egypt within 24 hours and recalled his envoys from the countries. The move is in retaliation to the

1961 Birth control pill ‘available to all’

Women who wish to have oral contraception will now be able to get it on the National Health Service.  The Health Minister, Enoch Powell, made

1990 Tunnel links UK and Europe

Construction workers have drilled through the final wall of rock to join the two halves of the Channel Tunnel and link Britain to France.  The

1982 Animal activists bomb Downing Street

Margaret Thatcher was in 10 Downing Street when the device exploded but was not hurt in the blast. One of her staff was slightly burnt in

1975 Graham Hill killed in air crash

Graham Hill, 46, who retired from the sport in July 1975, was killed instantly along with the four other occupants in his Piper Aztec - all

1975 TV presenter Ross McWhirter shot dead

Guinness Book of Records co-founder and editor Ross McWhirter has been shot dead outside his North London home.  Mr McWhirter was hit at close range in

1963 Kennedy ‘assassin’ murdered

Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old former Marine, was being transferred from police headquarters to the county jail, at the centre of a large crowd of police officers, reporters

1963 Johnson takes over as US president

Fifty-five year old Lyndon Baines Johnson begins his new job today as US president. He was sworn in yesterday just two hours after an assassin shot

1963 Kennedy shot dead in Dallas

The President of the United States has been assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas. John F Kennedy was hit in the head and throat when

1985 Superpowers aim for ‘safer world’

The Geneva summit has ended in optimism but with no agreement on the “Star Wars” space defence system. Both United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader

1989 Police crush Prague protest rally

Riot police in Czechoslovakia have arrested hundreds of people taking part in a protest march.  More than 15,000 people, mostly students, took part in the

1983 England fans rampage in Luxembourg

More than 20 English football supporters have been arrested in Luxembourg after a night of violence.  The fans are being held for drunkenness, fighting and

1991 US accuses Libyans of Lockerbie bombing

Two Libyan intelligence officers have been accused of masterminding the Lockerbie bombing. The United States has called on Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi to hand over the

1979 Times returns after year-long dispute

The Times newspaper has been published for the first time in nearly a year.  The paper’s disappearance from news stands followed a dispute between management

1982 Brezhnev rumours sweep Moscow

Suspicions that a senior Communist party figure had died were fuelled by a sudden change of the television schedules on Wednesday evening. Light entertainment programmes were

1985 America welcomes Charles and Diana

Prince Charles and Princess Diana have ended the first day of their much-vaunted trip to the USA at a gala dinner in the Washington, hosted by President Reagan

2000 Bush and Gore fight to the finish

The result of the American presidential election is still hanging in the balance hours after the last polls officially closed. Votes are still being counted in

1956 Eisenhower re-elected with record vote

General Dwight D Eisenhower has been returned to the White House with the biggest Republican win since Abraham Lincoln’s in 1860. President Eisenhower won 58% of the

1986 US hostage freed in Beirut

David Jacobsen was set free in the west of the Lebanese capital after 17 months of captivity at the hands of Islamic Jihad. After his release,

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