This day in history

In America, Pop star Michael Jackson hands himself into police following the issue of a warrant for his arrest in connection with charges of child molestation.

32 people are killed, including two British diplomats, in two al-Qaeda bomb attacks in Istanbul, Turkey. 

In a controversial TV interview, Diana, Princess of Wales admits to having had an affair with James Hewitt.

According to legend, St Edmund Saxon king of East Anglia is martyred by the Vikings, who tie him to a tree, shoot at him with arrows and then behead him. His body is enshrined at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England.