1986: Leon Brittan quits over Westland Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan becomes the second cabinet minister to resign over the Westland affair.
1965: Winston Churchill dies Sir Winston Churchill has died at the age of 90 with his wife Lady Clementine Churchill and other members of the family at his bedside.
1969: LSE closes over student clashes Students protesting at the installation of steel security gates at the London School of Economics go on the rampage, with crowbars, pickaxes and sledgehammers.
1956: Plans unveiled for homes in Barbican Plans to build a "new town" in the Barbican area of London left devastated by the war are being considered at a public inquiry.
2001: Mandelson resigns - again Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson resigns from the Cabinet over a passports-for-cash scandal.
