On this day

35 YEARS AGO (1983)

We told how Selina Scott helped Britain “wake up to the era of breakfast TV”, after the BBC broke new ground. Its switchboard was jammed with callers offering praise.

51 YEARS AGO (1967)

Albert DeSalvo was jailed for life for assaulting four women. During his trial he confessed to being the Boston Strangler, who murdered 13 women.

99 YEARS AGO (1919)

Paris Peace conference opened at Versailles to set the terms for the defeated powers of the First World War. It led to the map of Europe being redrawn.