ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1 year ago… Brexit deal
Prime Minister Boris Johnson agrees a Brexit withdrawal with European leaders, paving the way for the UK to leave the EU nearly four years on from the referendum.
12 years ago… Cricket milestone
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, left, becomes the world’s leading run- scorer in Test cricket, a record he still holds with more than 15,000 runs.
20 years ago… Deadly rail crash
Four people are killed in Hatfield, Herts, when a passenger train derails due to track damage.
31 years ago… San Francisco earthquake
A quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits the California city, killing nine people as well as causing hundreds of injuries.
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52 years ago… Bullitt fires up
The film, starring Steve Mcqueen, right, and famous for its thrilling car chases, is released in cinemas. It would become a box office smash hit.
64 years ago… UK goes nuclear
Britain’s first commercial nuclear power station, Calder Hall, is officially opened by the Queen in Cumbria. It would stop generating power in 2003.
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77 years ago… Death railway completed
Construction of the Burma railway, which cost the lives of thousands of Allied POWS under Japanese forces during World War Two, is finished.
82 years ago… Evel Knievel born
Hailing from Butte, Montana, he would go on to become a top stunt performer, famous for his daredevil jumps on a motorbike.
89 years ago… Al Capone jailed
The American mobster, left, is sentenced to 11 years in jail for tax evasion, ending his seven- year reign as a crime boss.
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160 years ago… Golfing first
The first Open Championship is played at Prestwick, Ayrshire, over three rounds of a 12- hole course and won by Willie Park.
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206 years ago… Beer disaster
Wooden beer vats at a central London brewery accidentally burst unleashing thousands of gallons of ale. The flood kills eight local people.
360 years ago… King killers executed
Following the restoration of the monarchy, nine of the men who had signed the death warrant of Charles I are hanged, drawn and quartered.