On this day

21 YEARS AGO (1997)

Our front page photo showed a group of survivors of the Southall rail crash in West London which killed seven and injured 150.

72 YEARS AGO (1946)

The first Cannes Film Festival was held in the South of France. The first festival was planned for 1939, but war delayed it.

45 YEARS AGO (1973)

The women’s world tennis No.1 Billie Jean King, 29, beat Bobby Riggs, 55, in three sets at the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match held in Houston, US.