On this day

43 YEARS AGO (1975)

Our front page after Muhammad Ali won the “Thrilla in Manila” referred to his battle with wife Belinda amid reports of his affair with model Veronica Porche.

50 YEARS AGO (1968)

Troops shot dead more than 200 student demonstrators in Mexico City 10 days before the city hosted the Olympic Games.

16 YEARS AGO (2002)

James Martin, 55, was the first of 17 killed around Washington DC by snipers John Allen Muhammad, 41, and Lee Boyd Malvo, 17.