1981: Triumph at first London Marathon Thousands of people jog through the normally quiet Sunday streets of the capital to try and cross the finish line of the first ever London marathon.
1967: Bombs rain down on Torrey Canyon The stricken oil supertanker, the Torrey Canyon, refuses to sink despite more than a day of heavy bombing by the RAF and the Royal Navy.
1999: Hanratty family wins right to appeal The case of James Hanratty is sent back to the Court of Appeal - 37 years after he was hanged for the notorious A6 murder in Bedfordshire.
