1994 Israel and Jordan make peace

Israel and Jordan have signed a peace treaty ending 46 years of war. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan formally made peace at

1984 Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia

The EEC is donating £1.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia. Officials from Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid and the Red Cross

2001 IRA begins decommissioning weapons

The Northern Ireland peace process has reached an historic breakthrough as the IRA announced they had begun decommissioning their weapons. In a statement the IRA

1987 Shares plunge after Wall Street crash

The world’s stock market has collapsed after shares on Wall Street suffered a wave of panic selling. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted by a record

1976 Funeral of Mafia boss held in NY

Mr Gambino, considered the most powerful of the leaders of the American Mafia, died in his sleep at his home on Friday. It is thought he suffered

1996 Handguns to be banned in the UK

The British Government has announced plans to outlaw almost all handguns following the shocking massacre at Dunblane in Scotland. On 13 March Thomas Hamilton walked

1992 Thousands of miners to lose their jobs

The government is planning to close a third of Britain’s deep coal mines, with the loss of 31,000 jobs. The President of the Board of

1986 Reykjavik summit ends in failure

US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev have failed to reach agreement at a disarmament summit in Reykjavik. The two men came close

1987 Search ends for Loch Ness monster

A major sonar exploration of Loch Ness in Scotland has failed to find a monster. Searchers on Operation Deepscan spent a week on the loch

1973 Arab states attack Israeli forces

Heavy fighting has erupted between Arab and Israeli forces along two fronts. To the south, Egyptian armoured forces have broken the Israeli line on the

1974 Four dead in Guildford bomb blasts

At least four people have been killed and more than 50 injured in two explosions in southern England this evening. Bombs went off in two

1960 Khrushchev anger erupts at UN

The Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has disrupted a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with several angry outbursts. Twice he pounded his desk and twice

1985 Riots in Brixton after police shooting

Riots have broken out on the streets of south London after a woman was shot and seriously injured in a house search. Armed officers raided

1984 UK and China agree Hong Kong handover

Britain and China have finalised an agreement which will end more than 150 years of UK rule in Hong Kong. The proposal - which will hand

1950 Seoul in UN hands

United Nations forces have taken control of the South Korean capital Seoul, three months after it fell to North Korea, the US Army has announced.

1980 War breaks out between Iran and Iraq

Three weeks of border clashes between Iran and Iraq appear to have finally erupted into all-out war. Iraq has bombed several Iranian air and military supply

1998 Clinton’s Grand Jury testimony released

Bill Clinton’s testimony about his relationship with a young female assistant has been released to the United States public. The video of the American president’s 17

1999 UN force arrives in East Timor

A multinational peacekeeping force has landed in East Timor in an attempt to restore law and order to the territory. The UN force has been sent

1964 The Sun newspaper is born

The Sun newspaper is published today for the first time. It is replacing the Mirror Group’s Daily Herald, which has been losing readers and advertising revenue

1985 USSR expels 25 in tit-for-tat spy row

Two days after the British Government ordered the expulsion of 25 alleged Soviet spies, the USSR has retaliated by throwing out 25 British nationals. It follows

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