On this day

75 YEARS AGO (1942)

US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s goodwill visit to Britain got front page coverage. She felt it would be valuable to see Britons’ experience of the war.

72 YEARS AGO (1945)

The United Nations was formally inaugurated at a ceremony at the US State Department in Washington DC.

34 YEARS AGO (1983)

Serial killer Dennis Nilsen went on trial for six murders. The ex-civil servant would later admit to 15 or 16 victims and got a whole life sentence.