On this day

56 years ago (1962)

We report a Boeing 707 crash at Paris that killed 130. Most were US tourists going to Atlanta. Two crew survived what was then the world’s worst crash.

78 years ago (1940)

Winston Churchill made his “we shall never surrender” speech following the evacuation of 338,226 soldiers from Dunkirk.

29 years ago (1989)

Troops enter Tiananmen Square in Beijing, hundreds, possibly thousands of pro-democracy protesters are shot dead.