This day in history

A bomb explodes outside the Marriot hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is thought that the attack, in which 13 people were killed, was carried out by the radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah.

In Northern Ireland, twenty-two members of the IRA are jailed for a total of more than 4,000 years. The prosecutions were carried out largely as a result of information supplied by IRA informer Christopher Black. In 1986 18 of those jailed had their convictions quashed.

Two members of the Palestinian militant group Black September attack passengers at Athens airport, killing three people and wounding 55 others.

113 countries including Britain, the United States and the USSR sign a nuclear test ban treaty, agreeing that any further tests should be carried out underground.

In South Africa, ANC leader Nelson Mandela is arrested and later jailed for attempting to overthrow the South African Government.

American President Abraham Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax by signing the Revenue Act.

The first partition of Poland begins.

Henry I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey in London.

Scottish leader William Wallace is betrayed by John de Menteith as the English capture Wallace at Robroyston near Glasgow.

After several unsuccessful attempts, the first telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean is completed, a feat accomplished largely through the efforts of American merchant Cyrus West Field.

English explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert founds the first English colony in North America at St John's in Newfoundland, Canada.