On this day in history...

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1965 - Ronald Biggs who was serving a 30-year prison sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery escapes from Wandsworth prison.

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1982 - A man breaks into Buckingham Palace and spends ten minutes talking to the Queen in her bedroom.

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1940 - The German air force,the Luftwaffe,attacks shipping convoys off the South-east coast of England at the start of the battle to save Britain from invasion.

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2000 - The World Aids Conference in South Africa announces trials for a new HIV vaccine will begin in Britain.

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1974 - The manager of Liverpool football club, Bill Shankly (58), is retiring from his post after nearly 15 years.

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1985 - The Live Aid concert for the starving in Africa, the world's biggest rock festival held in London and Philadelphia, raises £30m.

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1971 - The British Government endorses a cull of baby seals in the wash.

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1955 - Stirling Moss wins the British Grand Prix at the Liverpool Aintree track - The first time an Englishman has triumphed in the race.

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1981 - Nearly 200 people are in hospital in Dublin after a hunger strike demonstration turned violent.

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1997 - The IRA makes a surprise announcement of a ceasefire in Northern Ireland - the second in three years.