This Day in History | 1979 El Salvador cathedral bloodbath

The protest in the Central American country was organized by the left-wing group known as the Popular Revolutionary Bloc. Witnesses said the steps of the cathedral were littered with bodies. Freelance

This Day in History | 1960 Margaret weds Armstrong-Jones

More than 20 million viewers tuned in to watch the first ever televised royal wedding service. Thousands, including many international and commonwealth visitors, lined the streets of central London to witness

This Day in History | 1955 Dr Salk promotes polio vaccine in UK

Margaret Jenkins, aged 21, of Bromley in Kent became the 500,000th person in London to receive the polio vaccine in the first of two injections at the special lunchtime clinic

This Day in History | 1982 Argentines destroy HMS Sheffield

The sinking has shocked the British nation and foiled any possible diplomatic solution to the current dispute over the Falkland Islands between Britain and Argentina. The ship caught fire when a

This Day in History | 1951 King George opens Festival of Britain

The festival has been organised to mark the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It is intended to demonstrate Britain’s contribution to civilisation, past, present, and future, in the

This Day in History | 1993 Queen to open Palace doors

Much of the Palace, including the Queen’s private apartments, will remain closed, however, and the Queen herself will not be at home. The Palace will open only during August and

This Day in History | 1945 Italian partisans kill Mussolini

Their bodies were taken to Milan from the Lecco district near Lake Como where they were arrested and then killed yesterday. According to the Times correspondent in Milan, the corpses of

This Day in History | 1945 Russians and Americans link at Elbe

Statements have been released simultaneously in London, Moscow and Washington this evening reaffirming the determination of the three Allied powers to complete the destruction of the Third Reich. According to a

This Day in History | 1984 Reagan arrives in China

He arrived with his wife, Nancy Reagan, just after 1400 local time (0600 GMT), and was driven to Tiananmen Square, in the centre of the Chinese capital, Beijing, for a

This Day in History | 1980 Tehran hostage rescue mission fails

President Carter announced the disastrous mission in a broadcast to the nation earlier today. “I ordered this rescue mission prepared in order to safeguard American lives and protect America’s national interests,

This Day in History | 1997 Troops storm embassy in Peru

All 14 Tupac Amaru rebels were killed, including their leader, Nestor Cerpa Cartolini. One hostage - supreme court judge Carlos Giusti Acuna - died, as well as two Peruvian soldiers. The end

This Day in History | 1945 Red Army enters outskirts of Berlin

The Red Army approached the German capital from three directions, north, east and south-east. The northeastern suburb of Weissensee is the closest to the center being only three miles away. The

This Day in History | 1953 UN and Korea begin prisoner exchange

One hundred United Nations prisoners were freed today under Operation “Little Switch”. They included 12 Britons, 30 Americans, 50 South Koreans, four Turks, one Canadian, one South African, one Greek

This Day in History | 2005 Ratzinger is elected as new Pope

His arrival was greeted by loud cheers from the many thousands of pilgrims who had packed St Peter’s Square as news of his election spread across Rome. He was chosen on

This Day in History | 1994 Killing spreads in Rwanda

Tens of thousands of people are believed to have died since Rwanda’s president died in a suspicious plane crash on 6 April. The killing has mainly been carried out by Hutu

This Day in History | 1989 Football fans crushed at Hillsborough

They were crushed to death at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield during the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool. The crush is said to have resulted from too many Liverpool

This Day in History | 1968 Berlin student unrest worsens

Students blocked the city’s main thoroughfare, the Kurfurstendamm, in protest at the shooting last week of one of their leaders, Rudi Dutschke. Mr Dutschke was shot three times outside the offices

This Day in History | 1975 Beirut street battle leaves 17 dead

Reports are confused but it appears the Lebanese Phalangist gunmen attacked the bus, killing at least 14 and injuring about 20 more, as it drove through a Christian suburb of

This Day in History | 1997 Bosnian bomb plot fails to stop Pope

Just hours earlier Bosnian police found at least 20 anti-tank mines under a bridge on the road between the airport and the city - the route planned for the Pope

This Day in History | 1961 Nazi war crimes trial begins

Adolf Eichmann faces 15 charges, including crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and war crimes. He sat in a bullet-proof glass dock flanked by two guards specially chosen because

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