This day in history

The Spanish parliament passes a bill which legalises same-sex marriage. 

After being held captive for nearly three weeks, 39 Americans are released by their captives the Amal militia in Beirut, Lebanon. 

The Nigerian government prevents international aid from getting to the breakaway state Biafra. 

A bomb intended for Mafia boss Salvatore “Ciaschiteddu” Greco claims the lives of seven police and military officers sent to defuse it in Palermo, Italy. 

In Germany, the ‘Night of the Long Knives’, sees several hundred members of the SA and other senior members of the Nazi Party being killed by the SS on the orders of Adolf Hitler for allegedly being involved in a plot to assassinate him.

Britain’s witness a total eclipse of the sun; the first time they have seen this phenomenon since 1927.