On this day

54 YEARS AGO (1964) Our front page reported newly elected Labour PM Harold Wilson vowed to push on with reforms, despite having a slim Commons majority of four.

50 YEARS AGO (1968) We reported African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a Black Power salute on the podium at the Mexico Olympics.

29 YEARS AGO (1989)

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook San Francisco. A total of 63 people died.