On this day

50 YEARS AGO (1968) A mob had set fire to the Paris stock exchange after President Charles de Gaulle warned France was on the verge of civil war amid strikes and social unrest. 24 YEARS AGO (1994) Camelot won the contract to run Britain’s first National Lottery, having beaten seven other contenders, including Sir Richard Branson. 57 YEARS AGO (1961) President Kennedy sought approval for a £600million space programme to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.