BBC - On This Day
1964: Riots in Calcutta leave more than 100 dead
Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
2001: Earthquake devastates Salvador
More than 1,000 people are feared dead after an earthquake strikes the Central American city of San Salvador.
1993: Allies bomb Iraq
American, British and French fighter jets carry out a series of bombing raids over southern Iraq.
2004: Serial killer Shipman found hanged
Harold Shipman, who is believed to have killed more than 200 patients, is found hanged in his prison cell.
1991: Soviet army moves into Lithuania
Around 13 people are killed and at least 140 injured in violent clashes in the capital of Lithuania.
1972: Ghana PM ousted in bloodless coup
An army commander seizes control of Ghana while the prime minister is in London for medical treatment.
1997: Shots heard at besieged embassy in Peru
Peruvian left-wing guerrillas holding 72 hostages open fire on police outside the Japanese Embassy in Lima.