1971 Nikita Khrushchev (77), Soviet leader (1953–64) who provoked the Cuban Missile Crisis, died. 1969 During clashes between the RUC and a c. 3,000-strong loyalist mob protesting against the Hunt report on the Shankill Road, Belfast, Constable Victor Arbuckle (29) was shot dead by the UVF. He was the first RUC officer to die in ... Read more
