This day in history

McDonalds win one of the longest trials in English legal history against two environmental campaigners, who published a leaflet accusing McDonalds of unethical and environmentally destructive activities.
 

An inquest jury decides in his absence that Lord Lucan murdered the nanny of his three children.
 

In Britain, the Conservative Party wins the general election - Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister.
 

Air Vice-Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky becomes leader of South Vietnam.
 

Battle of the Philippines Sea between the U.S. and Japanese fleets near the island of Saipan.
 

Britain’s King George V changes his families surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.