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Originally published in the Guardian on May 3 1982: Enemy vessel was in 200-mile exclusion zone and posed significant threat to British task force, says Ministry of Defence. Unconfirmed reports that ship many have been sunk
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April 2 1982On this day Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands beginning a two and a half moth conflict that would claim 255 British lives and 655 Argentine lives. This is how the Guardian reported the events.
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October 11 1967: On this day in 1967, the body of Che Guevara was flown to Vallegrande, Bolivia. A Guardian journalist witnessed the event.
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Urged on by the United States and a confederation of five South American states, the warring nations of Bolivia and Paraguay accepted a truce here today, bringing to a halt the three-year long Chaco War.