1933:
Prohibition was repealed in America after more than 13 years.
1989: PM Margaret Thatcher survived a challenge to her leadership by Tory backbencher Sir Anthony Meyer.
1991: Administrators were called in to try to salvage the business empire of late tycoon Robert Maxwell, below, which was £1bn in debt.
2004: The Civil Partnership Act came into effect in the United Kingdom.
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