On this day

51 YEARS AGO (1967)

We reported 18 Britons had been killed in Aden, as a mob freed prisoners in the British territory of South Arabia, which today forms part of Yemen.

40 YEARS AGO (1978)

Civilian William Hanna was killed in a shootout between the IRA and British security forces in Belfast. Three Republicans also died.

27 YEARS AGO (1991)

Robert Evans, boss of newly privatised British Gas, was blasted for pocketing a 66% pay rise, 10 times the rate of inflation.