On this day

19 YEARS AGO (1999)

Our front page showed a girl who had been pulled from rubble after an earthquake struck the town of Izmit in western Turkey. Later the death toll was put at 17,000.

54 YEARS AGO (1964)

The International Olympic Committee barred South Africa from taking part in the Tokyo Olympics because of its racial segregation.

49 YEARS AGO (1969)

The Woodstock music festival ended after nearly one million turned up to see Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and The Who among others.