On this day

37 YEARS AGO (1980)

Michael Foot’s triumph in the Labour leadership election dominated our front page. Socialist Foot beat the more right wing Denis Healey by 139 votes to 129.

99 YEARS AGO (1918)

The First World War came to an end when Allied Forces signed an armistice with Germany at the Forest of Compiegne in Picardy, France.

25 YEARS AGO (1992)

The Church of England narrowly voted in favour of the ordination of women priests after a five-hour debate by the General Synod.