TODAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018

On this day

55 YEARS AGO (1963)

We told how War Minister John Profumo denied there was any “impropriety” in his relationship to model Christine Keeler and threatened legal action.

35 YEARS AGO (1983)

US President Ronald Reagan unveiled plans for the controversial Star Wars Strategic Defence Initiative using lasers to stop nukes.

85 YEARS AGO (1933)

The Enabling Act made Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany by giving him power to enact laws without parliament’s approval.