EVENTS & THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1951: Rosenbergs guilty of espionage An American electrical engineer and his wife are found guilty by the Federal Court in New York of passing secrets about the atomic bomb to Russia.

1978: Tories recruit advertisers to win votes
Saatchi & Saatchi gets the job of revamping the Conservative Party image ahead of the General Election.

1979: Car bomb kills Airey Neave Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Airey Neave is killed by a car bomb as he leaves the House of Commons car park.

22 November 1963: 'Stunned into silence' by JFK's death Your memories of how you felt when US President John F Kennedy was assassinated.

1981: President Reagan is shot   President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded when a lone gunman opens fire in Washington.

1992: John Major climbs onto his soapbox Prime Minister John Major gets onto his soapbox to persuade Conservatives to come out and vote.

2002: Queen Mother dies Buckingham Palace announces that the Queen Mother has died peacefully in her sleep aged 101.

1975: Gandhi found guilty of corruption

1964: Nelson Mandela jailed for life

1962: Three escape from Alcatraz

1997: Straw to reconsider Bulger killers' fate

1986: Labour expels Militant Hatton

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