On this day

77 YEARS AGO (1940)

Our front page revealed that Buckingham Palace was hit in a four-hour daylight bombing raid. The King and Queen were at home at the time, but escaped unharmed.

32 YEARS AGO (1985)

The Soviet Union expelled 25 UK citizens after we deported 25 Russian spies. It followed the defection of KGB boss Oleg Gordievsky to the West.

116 YEARS AGO (1901)

Theodore Roosevelt became 26th US President after his predecessor William McKinley died of wounds suffered in an assassination attack.