On this day

41 YEARS AGO (1978) We reported a gas tanker crashed into a campsite packed with holidaymakers near Tarragona, Spain, and burst into flames, killing 270 people and injuring 200.

33 YEARS AGO (1986) Dozens were injured amid violence during the Orange Day parades – commemorating the 1690 Battle of the Boyne – in Portadown, County Armagh.

29 YEARS AGO (1990 Russian President Boris Yeltsin resigned from the Communist Party and large crowds gathered outside the Kremlin to voice their opposition to the government.