ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

June 18 ❑ 1 year ago…Old rivals draw

England and Scotland draw 0-0 at Wembley in the group stage of Euro 2020.

❑ 2 years ago… Dame Vera dies

Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn, famous for entertaining Brits during World War Two with songs such as We’ll Meet Again, dies aged 103.

❑ 4 years ago…Harry strikes

Harry Kane scores twice as England beat Tunisia 2-1 in their opening match of the World Cup in Russia.

❑ 17 years ago…New Doc

David Tennant makes his first appearance as the 10th Doctor Who in the BBC series, replacing Christopher Eccleston.

❑ 21 years ago…Fast and Furious premieres

The action movie, starring Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, hits cinemas and would go on to create a long-running franchise.

❑ 38 years ago…Miners’ Strike trouble

Pickets and police clash at a coking plant in South Yorkshire with more than 100 people injured. It would be dubbed the Battle of Orgreave.

❑ 40 years ago… Mafia hit?

The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, who had connections to the Vatican, is found hanging from London’s Blackfriars Bridge, his clothes stuffed with bricks.

Capital Punishment: P22-23

❑ 50 years ago…Air tragedy

A passenger jet stalls and crashes near Staines, Surrey, two minutes after taking off from London’s Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board.

❑ 52 years ago…Ted is PM

The Conservatives beat Labour in the general election and leader Edward Heath replaces Harold Wilson as Prime Minister.

❑ 80 years ago…Beatle born

Sir Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool and would go on to become one of history’s most

successful musicians.

❑ 82 years ago…“Finest hour” speech

As France surrenders to Nazi Germany in World War Two, PM Winston Churchill tells the House of Commons Britons will fight on so that future generations will say: “This was their finest hour.”

❑ 207 years ago…Battle of Waterloo

British-led forces under the Duke of Wellington, supported by Prussians, defeat Napoleon’s army in modern-day Belgium.