On this day

31 YEARS AGO (1987)

We reported on the King’s Cross Tube “inferno” which killed

31. A spark under a wooden escalator ignited rubbish.

49 YEARS AGO (1969) Apollo 12 made the second manned Moon landing. Pete Conrad and Alan Bean spent 31 hours on the surface.

24 YEARS AGO (1994) Seven people won £800,000 each in Britain’s first lottery draw. It raised £154million for charity in its first year.

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