On this day

77 YEARS AGO (1941) We revealed Japan had bombed the US base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. Six battleships were sunk, 164 aircraft destroyed and more than 2,400 Americans killed.

38 YEARS AGO (1980) Former Beatle John Lennon was murdered outside his apartment in New York. Gunman Mark Chapman later claimed devils told him to carry out the killing.

31 YEARS AGO (1987) The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty – banning some missiles – was signed by Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the White House.