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The Times |  November 2, 1978

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    • Sinking of the Titanic, April 15, 1912  

    The SS Titanic in dock

    Death roll of 1,328

    Both in England and America the news overshadows every other interest. It is a catastrophe without parallel

    Survivors' stories

    One of the crew looked up and said: 'Any more ladies on your deck, Sir?' 'No', I replied. 'Then you'd better jump'

    Mr Ismay's statement

    Mr Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line said: 'I do not know the speed the Titanic was going. She hit the iceberg a glancing blow'

    The royal wedding 

    They are arm in arm as they walk to the Royal Carriage to head off to Buckingham Palace.

    Royal Wedding: the last trying days

    "I feel I'm disappearing up my own fundamental"

    Kray twins convicted, March 4, 1969  

    East End criminal twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

    Kray twins guilty of murder

    After retiring for six hours and 55 minutes, the jury found Ronald Kray guilty of the murders of George Cornell and Jack McVitie. His twin brother, Reginald, was also found guilty of McVitie's murder

    Thirty years for Krays

    Mr Justice Melford passed the longest ever sentences at the Central Criminal Court for murder

    'McVitie tried to run'

    Mr Jack McVitie had twice tried to escape before he was killed, a prosecution witness said

    Dunkirk 

    Members of the British Expeditionary Force arrive at an English port on their return from Northern France.

    British forces' gallant fight

    The series of magnificent rearguard actions will be inscribed in gold in the annals of British arms

    The Rumble in the Jungle, October 30, 1974  

    Ali v Foreman

    Ali wins back his title with a knockout

    Ali leaped in triumph and then fell, pushed by a mob invading the ring. Foreman sat haunched in the corner, a bemused and broken man

    Arms raised to the moon

    The crowd shrieked for Ali at the weigh-in, but brayed an emperor's tribute to Foreman

    Count 'taken too quickly'

    Foreman: 'In my mind I beat the count. I picked it up at four and my head was clear'