On this day

61 YEARS AGO (1956)

British troops in Egypt were ordered to cease fire after the UN intervened to stop fighting between allies Britain and France and Egypt over ownership of the Suez Canal.

100 YEARS AGO (1917)

In Russia the Bolsheviks, under Lenin, occupied buildings in St Petersburg – setting in motion the October Revolution.

42 YEARS AGO (1975)

The IRA released Dutch businessman Dr Tiede Herrema after a two-week siege by police in County Kildare.