1998: Leaders welcome 'yes' vote for N Ireland.
The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, welcomes the resounding "yes" vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland calling it "a day for joy".

1975: Journalists leave fallen Saigon.
A group of 80 reporters and cameramen - including nine Britons - are allowed to fly out of Saigon.

1994: Camelot wins UK lottery race.
The Camelot consortium wins the contract to run Britain's first national lottery starting in November.

1950: UK drivers cheer end of fuel rations.
Long queues appear at garages this evening and motorists have torn their ration books into confetti after an end to petrol rationing is announced.

2000: GM blunder leaves farmers in uproar.
Scottish farmers who accidentally planted genetically modified seeds say they will fight for compensation.

1959: Monkeys survive space mission.
Two monkeys become the first living creatures to survive a space flight.

1968: Manchester Utd win European Cup.
Manchester United become the first English club to win the European Cup beating Portuguese side Benfica by four goals to one

1990: France bans British beef imports.
The French Government bans imports of British beef and live cattle because of fears over BSE or "mad cow" disease.

1998: Ginger leaves the Spice Girls.
Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, leaves the phenomenally successful Spice Girls band.

1979: End of white rule in Rhodesia.
Rhodesia formally ends nearly 90 years of white minority rule and declares it will now be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia

1966: First US space probe lands on Moon.
The United States lands a spacecraft on the Moon on its first try, but four months behind the Soviet Union.

1962: 130 die in Paris air crash.
An Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport killing all but two of those on board.

1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square.
The Chinese army storms a mass demonstration in Tiananmen Square, killing several hundred people.

1992: Huge rise in water disconnections.
New figures show the number of people having their water supplies cut off for failing to pay their bills has almost trebled in a year.