On this day

50 YEARS AGO (1968)

Our front page reported. Alexander Dubcek, the leader of Czechoslovakia, had been arrested by Soviet troops along with three other liberal reformers.

96 YEARS AGO (1922)

Michael Collins, the commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, was shot dead in Cork during the Irish Civil War.

33 YEARS AGO (1985)

Corfu-bound British Airtours flight 28M burst into flames on the runway at Manchester Airport. Of the 131 passengers, 55 died.