On this day

74 YEARS AGO (1944)

Our front page told how British forces, under Montgomery, spearheaded the battle for Caen in northern France with troops backed by the RAF

47 YEARS AGO (1971)

Three Russian cosmonauts were found dead inside their Soyuz 11 space capsule after appearing to make a perfect landing in Kazakhstan.

26 YEARS AGO (1992)

Ex-PM Margaret Thatcher took her place in the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.