On this day

73 YEARS AGO (1945)

We revealed the Second World War Allied advance over the Rhine was developing “at sensational speed” and that Nazi resistance had collapsed.

55 YEARS AGO (1963)

The Beeching Report declared large parts of the British rail system were uneconomic and earmarked 2,363 stations for closure.

54 YEARS AGO (1964)

The second most powerful earthquake recorded, at magnitude 9.2, hit Alaska, killing 139 and sending a tsunami to Japan.