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WEB20 February. The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir. Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool. Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
WEB1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash. Diana, Princess of Wales, has died after a car crash in Paris. She was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning where surgeons tried for two hours to save her life but she died at 0300 BST. In a statement Buckingham Palace said the Queen and the Prince of Wales were "deeply shocked and ...
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WEB30 July 1966. Football glory for England. 12 January 1976. Crime writer Agatha Christie dies. 28 January 1986. Seven dead in space shuttle disaster.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 16 | 1979: Blunt revealed as 'fourth man' - BBC …
WEB16 November. The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, has named Sir Anthony Blunt, a former security service officer and personal adviser on art to the Queen as the "fourth man" in the Cambridge spy ring. The announcement - given in a written answer in the Commons - ends a 15-year cover-up.
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WEBAug 21, 2009 · Intense fighting. The United Nations suggested dividing Palestine into two countries, one Arab and one Jewish. The Arab leaders said no to the plan, but the Jewish leaders accepted it and declared the state of Israel. The American President gave his support to the new state. The neighbouring Arab states declared war on the new country.
Special Reports | 2008 | Mumbai attacks - BBC News
WEBOct 18, 2010 · Surviving Mumbai gunman convicted. The sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 174 people died is found guilty in an Indian court. Gunman deadpan amid frenzy. Deadlock over 'masterminds'. What it means for India.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 22 | 1995: Life sentence for Rosemary West
WEB22 November. Rosemary West has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 10 young women and girls. Justice Charles Mantell told Britain's most prolific female serial killer she should never be released. West's victims include her 16-year-old daughter, her eight-year-old stepdaughter and her husband's pregnant lover.
BBC NEWS | UK | Timeline: Victoria Climbie
WEBJan 28, 2003 · 2 November 1991: Victoria Adjo Climbie is born near Abidjan, the Ivory Coast. November 1998: Seven-year-old Victoria Adjo Climbie leaves Abobo in the Ivory Coast to lives with her aunt, Marie-Therese Kouao initially in Paris. Kouao takes the girl to London after she is pursued by French authorities over benefit payments.
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WEB1969 Man sets foot on the moon. Scandal. 1987 Cynthia Payne cleared of running brothel. Disasters at Sea. 1953 Victoria ferry sinks, 130 feared dead. Achievements.