This site is great.. For those of you who do homework, it coul;d be very helpful.. all topics and lots to choose from :)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/low/themes/politics_and_protest_uk/political_issues/default.stm--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1957: Troops end Little Rock school crisis
More than 1,000 paratroopers in full battle dress escort nine black children to high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
1983: Dozens escape in Maze break-out
Thirty-eight prisoners escape from a high-security jail in Northern Ireland.
1996: Taleban gains threaten Kabul
Opposition fighters in Afghanistan reach the eastern suburbs of Kabul and are poised to take control of the country's capital.
1975: First Britons conquer Everest
Dougal Haston and Doug Scott become the first Britons to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain.