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November 2 |
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An American held hostage in Beirut by Muslim fundamentalists has been released. |
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November 28 |
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Britain has a new prime minister for the first time in over 11 years. |
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November 21 |
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The Geneva summit has ended in optimism but with no agreement on the "Star Wars" space defence system. |
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November 7 |
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East Germany's Communist-dominated government has resigned - the first time such an event has occurred in the country's 40-year history. |
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December 29 |
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Six people are feared dead after raging storms hit competitors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. |
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December 28 |
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British customs officials have seized £70m of Columbian cocaine which is thought to be directly linked to the Mafia. |
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December 27 |
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Thousands of people are flocking to cinemas in the UK to watch the long-awaited blockbuster, Star Wars - a movie which is already setting US box offices alight. |
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December 26 |
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Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said the death sentence on writer Salman Rushdie for alleged blasphemy will remain in force. |
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December 25 |
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Charles "Charlie" Spencer Chaplin, the comic genius of silent films, has died aged 88. |
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December 24 |
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Former UK minister John Stonehouse has been found living under a false name in Australia after apparently faking his own death. |
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December 20 |
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The Queen has urged the Prince and Princess of Wales to seek "an early divorce".Buckingham Palace said the Queen called for an end to the marriage in a letter to each of them earlier this week. |
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December 19 |
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The British colony of Hong Kong is to be returned to China in 1997 after an historic agreement was signed in Peking today. |
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December 18 |
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A bill giving Scotland its own parliament for the first time in three centuries has been unveiled in Glasgow today. |
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December 17 |
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The Germans have mounted a series of counter-attacks on the Western front allowing them to re-cross the borders of Luxembourg and Belgium. |
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December 13 |
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A group of gunmen has broken through tight security to attack the parliament building in the Indian capital, New Delhi. |
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December 12 |
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Princess Anne today became Mrs Timothy Laurence after a small family wedding in Scotland. |
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December 11 |
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Germany and Italy have announced they are at war with the United States. America immediately responded by declaring war on the two Axis powers. |
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December 5 |
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Administrators have been called in to try to salvage the Maxwell business empire, which is at least ?bn in debt. |
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December 4 |
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The US President, George W Bush, has withdrawn a punitive tax on imported steel to avoid a damaging trade war between the United States and Europe. |
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December 3 |
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Health minister Edwina Currie has provoked outrage by saying most of Britain's egg production is infected with the salmonella bacteria. |
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August 1 |
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Polish Home Army has begun a battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European capital to fall to the Germans nearly five years ago. |
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January 3 |
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The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, has made his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week. |
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January 2 |
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Sixty-six football supporters have been killed following a clash between Celtic and Rangers at the Ibrox Park stadium in Glasgow. |
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January 1 |
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Twelve of the European Union's 15 countries have woken to life with a new currency today, as the euro reached the purses of ordinary citizens across the continent. |
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January 8 |
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General Charles de Gaulle has been proclaimed first President of the new Fifth Republic in France during a brief ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. |
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January 7 |
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been closed to the public for the first time in 800 years amid speculation the structure is on the verge of toppling over. |
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September 11 |
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The United States is in a state of shock after a day of attacks which have left thousands dead and New York's World Trade Center destroyed. |
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September 10 |
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September 10 is the Teachers' Day of People's Republic of China. In the year 1984, Wang Zishen, former president of Beijing Normal University, suggested to establish a festivial day for the Chinese teachers. |
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September 8 |
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Italy has signed an unconditional armistice with the Allies, General Dwight D Eisenhower has announced. |
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September 7 |
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The German air force has unleashed a wave of heavy bombing raids on London, killing hundreds of civilians and injuring many more. |
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