1981: Rebel army seizes control in Spain Soldiers and members of the Civil Guard storm the Spanish Parliament threatening the fledgling democracy, once ruled by dictator General Franco.
1959: Macmillan and Khrushchev talk peace On his ten-day visit to the Soviet Union, the British Prime Minister forges cultural and trade links between East and West.
1963: Shocking wardens could be legal Peter Hicks, a farmer who electrified his car to ward off traffic wardens in London's Covent Garden may be able to evade the law.
