NOW & THEN

0 On this day in 1941, General Charles De Gaulle announced the formation of a French government in exile the first round, in Chicago.

1970: Jordan’s King Hussein and Palestinian guerrilla leaders agreed on ceasefire to end fighting in Jordan.

1972: Norway voted to join European common market.

1973: Three-man crew of US space laboratory, Skylab 2, splashed down in Pacific after record 59 days in orbit.

1977: Freddie Laker’s first Skytrain service began between Gatwick and New York.

1989: President George Bush said the United States would destroy 98 per cent of its chemical weapons if the Soviet Union would do the same.

1990: At least 54 people died in gas truck explosion in Bangkok.

1996: The last of the Magdalene Asylums closed in Ireland.

2010: Ed Miliband beat his brother David to be elected leader of the Labour Party.