This day in history | 1969 Prague riots over student martyr

Police wielding truncheons and firing tear gas from pressure canisters have broken up a march by hundreds of demonstrators in central Prague. The violence erupted as officers

This day in history | 1971 Idi Amin ousts Uganda president

General Idi Amin has seized power from President Milton Obote, the man who led Uganda to independence in 1962. The general led a military coup while the president was

This day in history | 1965 Winston Churchill dies

He suffered a stroke 15 days ago and gradually slipped into a deep sleep from which he never awakened.  Sir Winston died in his London home at Hyde

This day in history | 1950 Acclaimed author George Orwell dies

Until the last, news had been positive and it was hoped Mr Orwell was improving. On Friday morning he had a long talk with a friend about

This day in history | 1961 John F Kennedy sworn in as US president

The Democrat John F Kennedy has been sworn in as the youngest ever elected president of the United States. The 43-year-old Roman Catholic was inaugurated as the 35th president

This day in history | 1966 Indira Gandhi takes charge in India

She was chosen at the end of a bitter leadership battle with former finance minister Morarji Desai. Following her win, Mrs Gandhi pledged herself to serve the Congress Party

This day in history | 1996 Green groups join bypass battle

Six major environmental organisations today added their support to the growing anti-bypass campaign in Newbury, Berkshire. Friends of the Earth, the Council for British Archaeology, Greenpeace UK,

This day in history | 1983 BBC wakes up to morning TV

The BBC’s new Breakfast Time programme went on air at 0630 GMT, presented by Nationwide’s Frank Bough and former ITN news reader Selina Scott.  Nick Ross,

This day in history | 1994 Duchess of Kent joins Catholic church

The Duchess of Kent has become the first member of the Royal Family to convert to Catholicism for more than 300 years. The duchess was received into the Catholic

This day in history | 1976 Crime writer Agatha Christie dies

The British author, who sold an estimated 300 million books during her lifetime, had been in poor health for several years. She died at her home in Wallingford in

This day in history | 1973 First Open University degrees awarded

The first graduates from the Open University (OU) have been awarded their degrees after two years studying from home. Out of the 1,000 students who sat the

This day in history | 1985 Gas blast kills eight in Putney

Eight people have been killed in an explosion in a prestigious block of flats in Putney, south-west London.  Dozens were also injured when the blast demolished

This day in history | 1977: EMI fires Sex Pistols

The music publisher EMI has ended its contract with the Sex Pistols punk rock group because of their notorious behaviour in public. In a statement, the company

This day in history | 1952 Churchill renews ‘special relationship’

The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has arrived in the United States for an official visit, his first since re-election last October. He arrived in New York on board

This day in history | 1951 Communist forces to re-take Seoul

Chinese and North Korean troops are reported to be close to capturing the South Korean capital of Seoul for the second time since the war began last year. 

This day in history | 1958 Castro’s rebels edge closer to capital

A vicious house-to-house battle between rebel guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, and the Cuban army is raging around the town of Santa Clara, the capital of the province of

This day in history | 1974 ‘Drowned’ Stonehouse found alive

Former UK minister John Stonehouse has been found living under a false name in Australia after apparently faking his own death. He was detained under an immigration

This day in history | 1993 Anglo-Irish pact paves way for peace

The British and Irish prime ministers have signed The Joint Declaration of Peace which they hope will end 25 years of bombing and murder in Northern Ireland. 

This day in history | 2001 Suicide attack on Indian parliament

A group of gunmen has broken through tight security to attack the parliament building in the Indian capital, New Delhi.  At least 12 people have been

This day in history | 1988 Death toll rises in Armenian earthquake

Up to 45,000 people have died and a further 500,000 are homeless after the devastating earthquake which ripped through Armenia, official figures revealed today.  Rescue work

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