From the T&A...

25 years ago: Calls for a new caravan site to house all the district's gipsies were rejected by Tory bosses at Bradford Council, despite three residents groups in Bradford Moor, Little Horton, and Wrose handing in petitions complaining about "constant invasions" of vacant plots of land.

50 years ago: Railway users on the Ilkley line announce they have won the first round of their fight to keep local train services threatened under the Beeching Plan, but say a protest against the withdrawal of trains to Skipton on the Midland Line has failed.

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1945: The first atomic bomb was dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan, from a B29 bomber Enola Gay.

1962: Jamaica gained independence after being a British colony for more than 300 years.