Air Arms Owners Club

1963 - Thieves ambush the Glasgow to Euston mail train and steal 2.6m in used untraceable banknotes. Later to be known as "The great train robbery"

1979 - Brighton becomes the first major resort in Britain to agree to set aside part of its seafront to nudists.

2003 - Britain records its hottest-ever day with temperatures above 100F,jamming roads and packing beaches across the country.

1982 - The notorious East End gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray have been allowed out of prison for their mothers funeral.

1964 - A massive manhunt is underway across Britain after one of the gang involved in the Great Train Robbery breaks out of a high-security prison in Birmingham.

1985 - A three-year-old boy from Dublin becomes the world's youngest heart and lung transplant patient.

1979 - Dozens of yachts are lost and at least three people killed after a freak storm blows during the Fastnet yacht race

Allied nations across the globe rejoice on Victory in Japan day that marks the end of World War II.

2001 - A former butler to Princess Diana (Paul Burrell) is charged with stealing hundreds of items from the Wales household.

1987 - Rudolf Hess, Hitler's former right-hand man, is found dead in Spandau Prison.