Timetrip

1620: Pilgrims set out for the New World on their ship Speedwell, which leaks so badly they return to England and transfer to the Mayflower.

1933: US aviator Wiley Post completes first solo aeroplane flight around world.

1943: Allied forces capture Palermo, Sicily, in World War II.

1962: Algeria declares independence following protracted war of secession from France.

1971: Last US infantry units pull out of South Vietnam’s northern border area.

2003: US forces in Mosul kill former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay.

2011: Far-right Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik murders 77 people.

2013: Crowds in Rio de Janeiro mob the car carrying Pope Francis (above) when he returns to his home continent for the first time as Pontiff.

2016: Malaysian and Australian authorities say the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 will be suspended if the plane is not found in southern Indian Ocean.