On this day

32 YEARS AGO (1990)

Our front page showed a tearful Margaret Thatcher leaving Downing Street for the last time with husband Denis after a controversial 11-year premiership that divided the country.

61 YEARS AGO (1961)

The Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida with chimp Enos onboard. The craft orbited Earth before splashing down off Puerto Rico.

47 YEARS AGO (1975)

Motor racing legend Graham Hill, 46, and four passengers died when the small plane he was piloting clipped trees and crashed in Hertfordshire in bad conditions.