On this day

51 YEARS AGO (1967)

We revealed that Coal Board chairman Lord Robens had been given a month to implement measures to prevent another Aberfanstyle mining disaster.

74 YEARS AGO (1944)

Teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family were arrested by the Gestapo who stormed their hideaway after a tip-off.

18 YEARS AGO (2000)

The Queen Mother became the first member of the Royal Family to reach 100. A crowd of 40,000 cheered her at Buckingham Palace.