On this day

32 YEARS AGO (1986) Our front page reported terrorist Nezar Hindawi had been given 45 years for attempting to blow up an Israeli flight from London to Tel Aviv with a timer bomb in luggage. 76 YEARS AGO (1942) British troops began their offensive during the Second Battle of El Alamein, thwarting the German advance into Egypt.

94 YEARS AGO (1924) The infamous Zinoviev letter was published in the Daily Mail four days before the general election. The forged note damaged Labour and led to a Tory landslide victory.