From the T&A...

25 years ago: The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, Peter Wright, offered his resignation after the initial inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster placed the blame firmly on the shoulders of his senior officers.

50 years ago: Ten year-old Debbie Jonas, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, in the USA, flew 4,500 miles unaccompanied to London to visit her grandmother, Mrs R. Lachs, of Ashburnham Grove, Bradford, for a three-week visit, her first ever trip to the UK.

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1914: Germany invades Belgium, and in response, Belgium and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany, with Lord Kitchener becoming British minister of War.

2011: Mark Duggan is shot and killed by Metropolitan Police in Tottenham, London, resulting in public protests and eventually four days of riots.