Air Arms Owners Club

1971 - The British Army is accused of shooting dead an unarmed, disabled man (Eamon McDevitt, 24) during disturbances in Northern Ireland.

1987 - A man shoots 14 people dead in the Berkshire town of Hungerford.

1999 - A 54-year old farmer (Tony Martin)is arrested after a suspected burglar (Fred Barras) was killed at a farmhouse in Norfolk.

1961 - Police launch a murder hunt after a man (Michael John Gregsten, 34) is found shot dead and his companion (Valerie Storie, 22) is seriously wounded in a lay-by on the A6 in Bedfordshire.

1974 - A woman (Mary Connors, 21) fired from a cannon in Bristol fails to break the English record for the second time.

1968 - Senior members of the Royal Family attend the funeral of Princess Marina, the Duchess of Kent, who died earlier this week.

1979 - Police discover the body of a young woman - thought to be the 12th victim of the "Yorkshire Ripper" - in an alleyway near the centre of Bradford.

1943 - British troops land on mainland Europe four years to the day after war was declared on Germany.

1952 - At least 27 people, mostly spectators, are killed as a jet fighter breaks up over the crowd at an air show in Hampshire.

1940 - The German airforce unleash a wave of heavy bombing raids on London, killing hundreds of civilians and injuring many more.