March 13: 25 years ago Olympic athlete Linford Christie accused police of 'blatant racism'
13 March: We look back at the last 100 years, 50 years and 25 years and bring you what happened on this day in history
1915 – The population of Newmarket, 90 per cent of who are dependent on racing for a livelihood, are anxiously waiting to see whether the Jockey Club will ban the sport during wartime
1940 – President Roosevelt is expected to draw up a peace plan for submission to the ‘belligerent nations’ having heard the report of his special envoy Sumner Welles
1965 – Foster parents Evelyn and Frederick Thornton are jailed for cruelty after keeping a five-year-old boy in a damp, dark cellar ‘not fit for a dog’
1990 – Olympic athlete Linford Christie accuses police of ‘blatant racism’ after winning more than £60,000 in damages for wrongful arrest and libel
2005 – There is outrage over a payment of £567,000 being offered to ‘young tearaway’ Carl Murphy after he fell through a warehouse roof while trespassing
2010 – Devout Catholic Kate McCann has revealed how she prays for those who took her daughter Madeleine during an emotional Mother’s Day interview
