On this day

52 YEARS AGO (1965)

Our front page showed The Beatles with their MBEs as Paul McCartney joked the Queen was “just like a mum”. We revealed their only guest at the ceremony was manager Brian Epstein.

67 YEARS AGO (1950)

Atomic scientist Bruno Pontecorvo vanished, prompting fears he had defected to the Soviet Union. Five years on he confirmed that he had.

35 YEARS AGO (1982)

Three RUC officers were killed by an IRA bomb under their car as they probed a reported robbery in Lurgan, near Belfast. It caused a crater 60ft wide and 25ft deep.