German-born Dr Klaus Fuchs, who fled to Britain to flee the Nazis, was sentenced to 14 years in jail and stripped of his British citizenship. After his launch in 1959 he went to stay in East Germany.
54 years in the past (1969) Concorde made its first profitable flight, from Toulouse airport. A three way partnership between Britain and France, the supersonic airliner had a cruising velocity of 1,354 miles per hour.
It made its first transatlantic flight in 1973 earlier than getting into common industrial service in 1976.
23 years in the past (2000) Dwelling Secretary Jack Straw dominated former Chilean dictator Common Augusto Pinochet must be allowed to return house on the grounds of unwell well being.
Pinochet had been arrested in London in 1998 after a Spanish decide sought his extradition for human rights violations dedicated in Chile.