1985: Gas blast kills eight in Putney Eight people die and dozens are injured when an explosion destroys a block of exclusive flats in south-west London.
1957: Macmillan becomes Prime Minister Harold Macmillan accepts the Queen's invitation to become prime minister following the sudden resignation of Sir Anthony Eden.
1969: Civil rights protesters defiant Civil rights leaders in Northern Ireland defy police orders and refuse to abandon their planned march through Newry in County Down.
