2001: Hollywood's 'golden couple' divorce
The final decree ending the marriage of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise comes through hours after they attend the premiere of their latest movie, The Others.

1979: Brighton bares all
Brighton becomes the first major resort in Britain to agree to set aside part of its seafront to nudists

2000: Air rage pair jailed
Two men are jailed after an incident of "air rage" on board a holiday jet bound for Jamaica.

1990: Briton shot by Iraqis
A British man attempting to escape in a convoy from Iraqi-occupied Kuwait is shot by Iraqi soldiers

1961: Berliners wake to divided city
Troops in East Germany seal off the border between East and West Berlin, shutting off the escape route for thousands of refugees from the East.

2003: Lights go out across NE America
Massive power failures cause chaos across the eastern United States and Canada, hitting cities such as New York and Ottawa.

1971: 'V-sign' costs rider victory
Controversial horse rider Harvey Smith is stripped of his £2,000 winnings and a major show jumping title for allegedly making a rude gesture

2003: 'War criminal' Idi Amin dies
The notorious former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin dies in exile in a Saudi Arabian hospital.

1978: US balloonists' record Atlantic crossing
Three Americans make the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by hot air balloon.

1989: Man U sold in record takeover deal
Manchester United Football Club is sold for £20m in the biggest takeover deal in the history of British football

1960: Moscow jails American U-2 spy pilot
The United States pilot, Francis Gary Powers, is sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Soviet military court.

1992: Iraq jails 'lost' Briton
Iraq sentences a British man to seven years in jail for what it calls "illegal entry" into the country

1973: 'Bloody Sunday' inquest accuses Army
The coroner presiding over the "Bloody Sunday" inquest accuses the British army of "sheer unadulterated murder".

1972: Rhodesia out of Olympics
Rhodesia is thrown out of the Olympic Games with just four days to go before the opening ceremony in the German city of Munich.

1985: West German spy chief defects to East
The head of West German counter-intelligence is unmasked as an East German spy.