This Day in History | 1967 Stalin’s daughter defects to the West

The American Mutual Radio network broke the news but the American State Department has so far refused to comment. Since her father’s death in 1953, little has been heard of 42-year-old

This Day in History | 1950 Gas turbine car gets road test

JET1, a two-seater model powered by the same kind of engine used in a jet, will have its first public test drive at the Silverstone racing circuit in Northamptonshire tomorrow. The

This Day in History | 1965 Police attack Alabama marchers

They assaulted a group of about 500 demonstrators using tear gas, whips and sticks after Governor George Wallace ordered the planned march from Selma to the state capital Montgomery to

This Day in History | 1975 Comic genius Chaplin is knighted

The star of such films as The Kid and The Great Dictator was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List. The ceremony took place just miles from the south London district

This Day in History | 1966 BBC tunes in to colour

Britain will be the first country in Europe to offer regular programming in colour. The announcement was made in the Commons by the Postmaster General, Anthony Wedgwood Benn. The new service is

This Day in History | 1970 Ian Smith declares Rhodesia a republic

The new Rhodesian Republic, came into being at 2301BST yesterday, unrecognised by the rest of the world and barely noticed by Rhodesians themselves. Mr Smith signed a proclamation officially dissolving the

This Day in History | 1990 Secrets act gags Whistleblowers

The new Official Secrets Act replaces section two of the 1911 act, under which it was a criminal offence to disclose information without lawful authority. The new act makes it an

This Day in History | 1960 Thousands dead in Moroccan earthquake

Most of the “new town” area of Agadir has been completely destroyed and the heavily populated Talborit quarter is believed to have been the hardest hit. The number of dead currently

This Day in History | 1987 Synod says ‘yes’ to women priests

The Church of England’s General Synod has voted by a huge majority to clear the way for the ordination of women priests. The Church of England has been debating the issue

This Day in History | 1956 Khrushchev lashes out at Stalin

In a sensational speech to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party Mr Khrushchev painted a graphic picture of a regime of “suspicion, fear, and terror” built up under the

This Day in History | 1981 Prince Charles and Lady Di to marry

At 1100GMT Buckingham Palace made the engagement official. Lord Maclean, the Lord Chancellor made the following statement at an investiture at the Palace: “It is with greatest pleasure that the Queen

This Day in History | 1981 Rebel army seizes control in Spain

This evening about 200 soldiers and members of the paramilitary Civil Guard stormed the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes, firing automatic weapons and shouting orders. They took hostage

This Day in History | 1974 Hearst ‘ransom’ provokes violence

The USD2 million (£870,000) food handout has been called the most bizarre ransom ever paid, and was in response to demands from Miss Hearst’s kidnappers, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). Distribution

This Day in History | 1997 China’s reformist Deng Xiaoping dies

He had been suffering from failing health for several years and was last seen in public three years ago. The country’s official news agency said his death was the result of

This Day in History | 2005 Ban on hunting comes into force

The law faces a stiff test this weekend, with the Countryside Alliance saying many hunts will be out in force. Chief police officers spokesman Nigel Yeo said he expected most people

This Day in History | 1979 China invades Vietnam

Vietnamese Vice-Foreign Minister Nguyen Ko Tach has told ambassadors in Hanoi the Chinese troops have occupied nearly all Vietnamese border positions and are advancing southwards. He did not give any idea

This Day in History | 1959 Castro sworn in as Cuban PM

At the age of 32, he has been sworn in as Prime Minister in the Cabinet Room of the Presidential Palace in Havana. Dr Castro led the resistance against the seven-­year

This Day in History | 1942 Singapore forced to surrender

A war correspondent of the Japanese News Agency in Singapore reported that fighting ceased along the entire Malayan front at 2200 local time. The British and Japanese commanders-in-chief, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival

This Day in History | 1994 Art thieves snatch Scream

Two men took just 50 seconds to climb a ladder, smash through a window of the National Art Museum in Oslo and cut The Scream, by Edvard Munch, from the

This Day in History | 1962 Eight die in Paris riot

One of the dead was a 15-year-old boy. About 240 people were injured - more than half of them police officers. The protest, which was banned under the State of Emergency

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