On this day in history...

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1975 - Labour Party members vote by almost 2 -1 to leave the EEC, underlining the deep divisions over the issue of Europe.

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1992 - The House of Commons elects a Woman (Betty Boothroyd) to the post of Speaker for the first time in its 700-year history.

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1945 - Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy until his downfall in 1943, has been killed by partisans along with his mistress,Clara Petacci, and some close associates.

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1993 - Buckingham Palace will open to the public for the first time in a bid to raise funds to repair Windsor Castle.

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1999 - Two people are killed and at least 30 injured in the third nail-bomb attack in London in two weeks.

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1982 - British planes attack two airstrips near the capital of the Falkland Islands (Port Stanley) in the war to rid the islands of Argentine forces.

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1982 - The General Belgrano is destroyed in a controversial move by the Royal Navy off the disputed Falkland Islands - a thousand men are believed to be on board. (WAR... what is it good for ?)

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1968 - The first heart transplant in Britain is carried out at the National Heart Hospital in Marylebone, London.

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1982 - The British ship HMS Sheffield is sunk by an Argentine missile fired from a fighter bomber.

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1980 - The siege of the Iranian embassy in London comes to a dramatic end after a raid by SAS commandos.