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| May 27 |
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| Jawaharlal Nehru, founder of modern India and its current prime minister, has died suddenly at the age of 74. |
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| May 26 |
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| The Italian cabinet has resigned following the scandal over the alleged activities of a secret Masonic Lodge. |
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| May 25 |
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| President John F Kennedy has called for millions of dollars to fund a space programme to get the first man on the moon by 1970. |
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| May 24 |
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| Lawrence Dallaglio has resigned as England's rugby union captain following newspaper... |
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| May 23 |
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| The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has welcomed the resounding "yes" vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland, calling it "a day for joy". |
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| May 19 |
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| South African troops have launched raids on three neighbouring countries in an effort to destroy ... |
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| May 18 |
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| Britain's first astronaut, 27-year-old Helen Sharman from Sheffield, has blasted into orbit. |
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| May 17 |
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| The coffin containing the body of Charlie Chaplin - missing since his grave was robbed 11 weeks ago - has been found. |
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| May 16 |
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| The government has again attempted to reassure the public that British beef is safe... |
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| May 28 |
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| Pakistan has exploded five underground nuclear devices in response to India's nuclear tests two weeks ago. |
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| May 21 |
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| Rajiv Gandhi, the 46-year-old former Indian prime minister, has been assassinated. |
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| May 20 |
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| The British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie are celebrating the birth of their baby son who will be called Leo. |
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| May 14 |
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| Winnie Mandela, the wife of anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela, has been given a six-year prison sentence for her part in the kidnap of four youths. |
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| May 13 |
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| The Pope has been shot four times as he blessed the crowds in St Peter's Square in Rome. |
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| May 22 |
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| Two US astronauts aboard Apollo 10 are on their way back to the safety of their mother ship after their lunar module came to within eight nautical miles (14kms) of the Moon's surface. |
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| May 15 |
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| Britain has exploded its first hydrogen bomb as part of a series of tests in the Pacific, the Ministry of Supply has announced. |
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| March 27 |
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| At least 560 people died when two jumbo jets collided on a runway in what is thought to be the world's worst disaster involving aircraft on the ground. |
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| April 26 |
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| The government has reacted with relief to news that Britain's economy grew by 0.2% in the first three months of this year, and declared the longest recession since the 1930s officially over. |
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| April 25 |
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| Two Cambridge University scientists have published their answer to one of the most fundamental questions of biology - how do living things reproduce themselves? |
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| April 21 |
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| The President of South Vietnam has been forced to resign accusing the United States of betrayal. |
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| April 20 |
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The Apollo 16 mission has landed on the Moon after a seven-hour crisis that nearly aborted the mission altogether.
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| April 19 |
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| Prince Rainier III of Monaco has married the film actress Grace Kelly. |
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| April 18 |
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| Albert Einstein has died in hospital in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 76. |
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| April 13 |
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| The acting profession's top award has gone to a black actor for the first time. Sidney Poitier won the best actor Oscar for his role in Lilies of the Field. |
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| April 12 |
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| Russia has beaten the USA in the race to get the first man into space. |
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| April 11 |
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| US President Harry S Truman has dismissed General Douglas MacArthur as commander of United Nations and US forces in the Far East after disagreements over foreign policy in Korea. |
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| April 8 |
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| The lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, has been found dead in his Seattle home. |
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| April 7 |
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| Motor racing world champion Jim Clark has been killed in a car crash during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. |
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| April 6 |
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| Dozens of major cities in the United States have been rocked by an escalation in the race riots which began two days ago. |
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| April 2 |
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| Former French cabinet minister Maurice Papon has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for his part in deporting Jews from France during World War II. |
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