On this day

48 YEARS AGO (1970)

We revealed guitarist Jimi Hendrix, 27, had died of a suspected drug overdose. He was found by girlfriend Monikka Dannemann at the Samarkand Hotel in London.

66 YEARS AGO (1952)

Charlie Chaplin was denied re-entry to America due to the McCarthy witchhunt after a UK trip, despite living in the US for 40 years.

33 YEARS AGO (1985)

More than 10,000 people died and a million were made homeless when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the west of Mexico.