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

1990 Tearful farewell from Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher formally tendered her resignation to the Queen early this morning after leaving Downing Street for the last time. John Major was elected her

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

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

1978 Liberal MP accused of murder plot

MP Jeremy Thorpe has been accused in court of plotting to kill his former homosexual lover and dispose of the body.  The former Liberal Party 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

1940 Germans bomb Coventry to destruction

The German Luftwaffe has bombed Coventry in a massive raid which lasted more than 10 hours and left much of the city devastated. Relays of enemy

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

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

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

1999 Australia rejects republic

Australians have rejected a proposal to break ties with the British monarchy and become a republic. In the landmark referendum to decide whether Australia would

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,

1966 Viet Cong bombs Saigon

At least eight people have been killed and several wounded after Viet Cong artillery shelled the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon. Altogether about 30 shells

1984 Indian prime minister shot dead

Mrs Gandhi was thought to have been walking through her gardens this morning when she was shot. She was taken to the All India Medical Hospital where

1991 Bush opens historic Mid East peace conference

US President George Bush has encouraged Arabs and Israelis to “lay down the past” in his opening speech to the Middle East peace conference in Spain.

1968 Police clash with anti-war protesters

Trouble has flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy. The protesters had broken away

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