On this day

15 YEARS AGO (2003)

Our front page showed the destruction caused by the American-led air strikes on Baghdad at the start of the Iraq War. Shortly afterwards US and UK troops crossed the border into the country.

27 YEARS AGO (1991)

Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine announced the scrapping of the controversial Poll Tax after mass protests. It was replaced with the Council Tax in 1993.

73 YEARS AGO (1945)

RAF planes bombed the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen and accidentally hit the Jeanne d’Arc School, killing 125 civilians, including 85 children.