Today in history

1553 : Prime Minister John Dudley captured in Cambridge

1810 : Colombia declares independence from Spain

1868 : First use of tax stamps on cigarettes

1872 : Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio

1881 : Sioux Indian Chief 'Sitting Bull' surrenders to federal troops

1914 : Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster

1927 : Lindbergh begins New York flight (Spirit of St Louis)

1969 : Worldwide broadcast first men on the Moon: Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin - Apollo 11

1974 : The first Knebworth Concert is held in England headlined by The Allman Brothers Band

2001 : The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa Italy. Massive demonstrations are held against the meeting by anti-globalisation groups. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is shot dead by a carabiniere. Several others are badly injured during a police attack on a school used by the protesters as their headquarters

2015 : Cuba and the United States reestablish full diplomatic relations ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations

2017 : The Office for National Statistics reports that crime in England and Wales has seen its largest annual rise in a decade increasing by 10% overall between April 2016 and March 2017, with violent crime up by 18%

2023 : Bolivia and Iran sign a memorandum of understanding, in an upgrade of bilateral relations, expanding cooperation in the security and defense sectors.