1998: India explodes nuclear controversy The Indian government announces it has carried out a series of underground nuclear tests in a move which has shocked the world.
1963: Moscow jails British 'spy' A British businessman accused of spying for the West is sentenced to eight years' detention by a Moscow tribunal.
1956: Gold Coast to get independence Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd announces the Gold Coast is to become the first black African nation to be granted independence from Britain.
