1985: Sleeping boy killed in police raid
A five-year-old boy is shot dead in a police raid on his home in Birmingham.

1974: Human cannonball misses target
A woman fired from a cannon in Bristol fails to break the English record for the second time.

1975: Rhodesia peace talks fail
Talks between the Rhodesian Government and the African National Council collapse acrimoniously.

1950: Television crosses the Channel
The BBC transmits the first ever live television pictures across the Channel.

1963: King's dream for racial harmony
The fight for racial equality moves a step closer to victory as Dr Martin Luther King tells thousands of Americans his dream for freedom.

1976: Notting Hill Carnival ends in riot
More than 100 police officers are taken to hospital after clashes at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.

1959: Anglo-US TV debate makes history
British prime minister Harold Macmillan and American president Dwight Eisenhower give an historic live television broadcast from Downing Street.

1976: Water crisis deepens
The first of 11,500 standpipes are connected in Yorkshire as local reservoirs reach their lowest levels in years.

1951: Designers prepare to dazzle Venice
British designers hold a fashion show of 40 outfits they plan to show at the Venice Biennale arts festival.

1976: Hull prison riot ends
The last protesting inmates at Hull's top-security prison finally surrender after 67 hours on the rampage.

1985: Titanic wreck captured on film
The first pictures of the wreck of the Titanic are released 73 years after the liner sank with the loss of 1,500 lives.

1959: UK's first trunk call from a pay phone
The first trunk dialling system from a public call-box is launched during a ceremonial phone call from Bristol to London.

1952: Dozens die in air show tragedy
At least 27 people, mostly spectators, are killed as a jet fighter breaks up over the crowd at an air show in Hampshire, England.

1978: Callaghan accused of running scared
The UK Prime Minister announces he will not call an election this autumn, prompting criticism from the Opposition.

1950: Miners trapped underground by landslide
Rescuers say 116 miners trapped in Knockshinnoch Castle colliery in Scotland following a landslide are safe.