ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 30

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One year ago… Justice for Olivia.

Thomas Cashman is convicted of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel on the doorstep of her home in Liverpool in 2022.

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Six years ago… Heartbeat star dies.

TV’s Bill Maynard, left, famous for playing Claude Greengrass in the 60s-set ITV cop drama, passes away aged 89.

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22 years ago… Death of the Queen Mother.

Queen Elizabeth, mum to Queen Elizabeth II and wife of George VI, dies aged 101 in Windsor, Berks.

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27 years ago… Channel 5 launches.

The Spice Girls help launch the UK’s first new national mainstream, terrestrial TV station in 15 years.

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32 years ago…Oscars sweep.

Psycho-horror movie The Silence Of The Lambs wins five Oscars including the Best Actor award for Anthony Hopkins and Best Actress for Jodie Foster.

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43 years ago… Reagan shot.

US President Ronald Reagan, right, is shot in the chest by gunman John

Hinckley Jr, outside a hotel in Washington

DC, but survives the assassination attempt.

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45 years ago… MP blown up.

Tory MP Airey Neave is killed when a car bomb explodes outside the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.

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50 years ago… Red Rum triumphs.

The racehorse Red Rum, ridden by jockey Brian Fletcher, below, wins the Grand National for the second year in a row.

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57 years ago… Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover shoot.

The Beatles’ legendary album cover is shot by Michael Cooper using cardboard cut-outs of celebrities.

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85 years ago… Batman debuts

The Caped Crusader first appears in a US comic. The superhero would get his own a year later.

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163 years ago… Crimean War ends.

The Treaty of Paris is signed, bringing to an end the conflict between Russia and Britain, along with its allies.

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171 years ago… Van Gogh born.

Future post-impressionist art icon Vincent van Gogh, later famous for paintings like Sunflowers, is born in the Netherlands.