Fred West, the Gloucestershire builder charged with 12 murders, is found dead in his prison cell.
2000: World celebrates New Millennium Billions of people around the world welcome in the New Millennium with some of the most spectacular celebrations ever seen.
1973: Britain joins the EEC The United Kingdom becomes a fully-fledged member of the European Economic Community.
1959: Rebel army drives out Cuban dictator The President of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, flees the country in the face of a relentless advance by the rebel army of Fidel Castro.