TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017
ON THIS DAY
19 YEARS AGO (1998)
Our front page revealed the aftermath of devastating al-Qaeda attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. We reported how a team of 25 British troops helped to rescue survivors. Some 230 people were killed.
54 YEARS AGO (1963)
The Great Train Robbers ambushed the Glasgow to London Euston mail train in Buckinghamshire and stole £2.6million. Driver Jack Mills was attacked with an iron bar.
43 YEARS AGO (1974)
American President Richard Nixon announced his resignation due to the Watergate scandal. He was facing impeachment over the affair, which implicated his administration in a break-in at the Democratic National Committee HQ at Watergate, Washington DC, and an attempted cover-up.