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1968
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Enoch Powell makes controversial ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech
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The last steam train passenger service runs in Britain
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Racing driver Jim Clark killed at Hochenheim
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Alec Rose sails solo round the world in ‘Lively Lady’
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Born
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Heather Mills-McCartney, Ed Vaizey MP
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Died
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Tony Hancock, W.E. Johns (creator of Biggles)
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1969
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Events
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First manned moon landing
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Last Beatles public performance on the roof at Apple Records
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Concorde makes her successful maiden flight in Toulouse
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Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales
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Born
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Tanni Grey-Thompson, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Died
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Boris Karloff, Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)
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1970
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Events
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Henri Charrière’s novel ‘Papillon’ published
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Explosion on Apollo13 moon mission
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Film ‘Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid’ released
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QEII makes maiden voyage
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Born
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Matthew Pinsent, Aled Jones
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Died
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Bertrand Russell, E.M. Forster
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1971
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Events
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BBC Open University broadcasts begin
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Decimal currency introduced
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House of Commons votes in favour of joining the Common Market
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Black Sabbath release the album ‘Paranoid’
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Born
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Natasha Kaplinsky, Sacha Baron-Cohen
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Died
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Stevie Smith, Louis Armstrong
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1972
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Events
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‘Bloody Sunday’ – 14 killed in Northern Ireland
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Thousands of expelled Ugandans arrive in Britain (Idi Amin)
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Elvis & Priscilla Presley separate
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‘Watership Down’ published
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Born
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Geri Halliwell, Jude Law
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Died
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J. Arthur Rank, Cecil Day-Lewis
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1973
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Events
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Pink Floyd release ‘Dark Side of the Moon’
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Sunderland beat Leeds United in the F.A. Cup Final
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The BBC introduces ‘Ceefax’
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Due to coal shortages the ‘Three Day Week’ comes into force
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Born
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Kate Beckinsale, Paula Radcliffe
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Died
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Noel Coward, J.R.R. Tolkien
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1974
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Events
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Attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne in The Mall
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Explosion at Flixborough chemical plant kills 28
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Lord Lucan disappears
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Final episode of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ broadcast
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Born
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Kate Moss, Tim Henman
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Died
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‘Mama’ Cass Elliott, Jack Benny
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1975
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Events
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Margaret Thatcher becomes leader of the Conservative Party
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Moorgate tube crash kills 43
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Parliament televised for the first time
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British and Icelandic ships clash as Cod War begins
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Born
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David Beckham, Kate Winslet
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Died
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P.G. Wodehouse, Graham Hill
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1976
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Events
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Bjorn Borg wins first of five consecutive Men’s Singles titles at Wimbledon
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Heat wave and drought hit Britain
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Sex Pistols unleash four letter words on Bill Grundy’s TV show
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Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Born
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Martine McCutcheon, Abi Titmuss
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Died
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Agatha Christie, L.S. Lowry
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1977
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Events
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Red Rum wins Grand National for the third time
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Queen’s Silver Jubilee
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Centenary Test Match between England and Australia in Melbourne
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‘Gay News’ found guilty of blasphemous libel in a case brought by Mary Whitehouse
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Born
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Peter Phillips, Orlando Bloom
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Died
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Charlie Chaplin, Anthony Eden
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1978
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Events
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Anna Ford becomes first female newsreader
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Louise Brown becomes world’s first ‘test tube’ baby
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Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov dies after poison-tipped umbrella stabbing
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Conservative Party recruits Saatchi & Saatchi to revamp its image
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Born
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Katie Price (Jordan), Nelly Furtado
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Died
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Keith Moon, Jomo Kenyatta
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1979
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Events
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First British nudist beach established in Brighton
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Britain’s first £1 million pound footballer – Trevor Francis
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Airey Neave killed by INLA bomb in House of Commons car park
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Conservatives win General Election
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Born
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Jonny Wilkinson, Pete Doherty
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Died
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Joyce Grenfell, Barnes Wallis
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1980
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Events
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First episode of ‘Yes, Minister’ broadcast by BBC
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Robert Runcie appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury
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Alexandra Palace in London destroyed by fire
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British Leyland launches the Austin Metro
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Born
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Katherine Jenkins, Martina Hingis
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Died
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John Lennon, Alfred Hitchcock
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1981
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Events
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Peter Sutcliffe found guilty of being the notorious Yorkshire Ripper
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Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer
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SDP formed by so called Gang of Four (Williams, Rogers, Jenkins, Owen)
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First London marathon
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Born
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Zara Phillips, Fernando Alonso
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Died
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Bob Marley, Natalie Wood
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1982
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Events
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DeLorean car factory in Belfast put into receivership
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Falklands War
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God’s Banker, Roberto Calvi found dead hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge
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Ford Sierra launched to replace the long-running Cortina
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Born
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Prince William, Billie Piper
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Died
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Douglas Bader, Marty Feldman
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1983
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Events
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Seat belts for drivers and front seat passengers become mandatory
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The first US Cruise Missiles arrive at Greenham Common
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Brinks Mat gold robbery at Heathrow. 6800 gold bars taken worth £26m
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William Golding wins Nobel Prize for Literature
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Born
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Daniela Hantuchova, Amy Winehouse
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Died
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Billy Fury, David Niven
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1984
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Events
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Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean win ice skating Olympic Gold at Sarajevo
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UK Miners’ strike
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Band Aid records ‘Do They Know it’s Christmas’
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York Minster struck by lightning causing extensive damage
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Born
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Prince Harry, Kelly Osbourne
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Died
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J.B. Priestley, Eric Morecambe
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1985
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Events
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First British mobile phone call made (by Ernie Wise to Vodafone)
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‘East Enders’ broadcast for first time by the BBC
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UEFA places indefinite ban on English teams after Heysel Stadium disaster
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Live Aid pop concerts in London and Philadelphia
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Born
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Keira Knightley, Wayne Rooney
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Died
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Laura Ashley, Sir Michael Redgrave
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1986
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Events
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UK and France announce plans to construct Channel Tunnel
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Fire devastates Hampton Court
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Journalist John McCarthy kidnapped in Beirut
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Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson
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Born
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Charlotte Church, Amir Khan
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Died
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Cary Grant, Harold Macmillan
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1987
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Events
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Ferry ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ Capsizes while leaving Zebrugge; 193 dead
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The Queen opens the Docklands Light Railway
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Michael Ryan shoots dead 16 people in Hungerford
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Hurricane force winds batter much of SE England (and the Channel Islands!)
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Born
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Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova
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Died
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Alistair MacLean, Jacqueline du Pré
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1988
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Events
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The first ‘Red Nose Day’ raises £15m for charity
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‘Piper Alpha’ oil rig disaster results in 167 deaths
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Paddy Ashdown elected leader of the Liberal Democrats
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Pan Am flight 103 explodes over the Scottish town of Lockerbie
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Price of Wales narrowly avoids death in an avalanche in Switzerland
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Died
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Kim Philby, Percy Thrower, Kenneth Williams, Trevor Howard
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1989
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Events
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Kegworth air disaster – British Midland jet crashes onto M1 motorway
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Ayatollah Khomeni encourages Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie
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Guildford 4 released from prison after 1975 convictions quashed
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Chinese demonstrations in Tiananmen Square
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On July 6th at 01:23:45 am the time and date was 01:23:45 6/7/89.
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Died
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Daphne du Maurier, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Peter Scott, Graham Chapman
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1990
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Events
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200,000 protest in Poll Tax Riots in London
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Agriculture Minister John Gummer counteracts rumours of Mad Cow Disease by feeding a hamburger to his 5 year old daughter
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England’s World Cup hopes ended by Germany in penalty shoot out
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Sterling joins the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
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John Major succeeds Margaret Thatcher
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Died
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Jim Henson, Roald Dahl, Leonard Bernstein, Greta Garbo
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1991
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Events
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IRA launch mortar attack on 10 Downing Street
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Paul Gascoigne damages knee during Spurs’ F.A. Cup Final victory
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Bank of England closes down the Bank of Credit & Commerce International amongst fraud allegations
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Robert Maxwell found dead off the coast of Tenerife
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Terry Waite & John McCarthy released from captivity in Lebanon
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Died
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Margot Fonteyn, Freddie Mercury, Peggy Ashcroft, David Lean
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1992
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Events
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Duke and Duchess of York separate after six years of marriage
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Satirical magazine Punch discontinued (started 1841)
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Betty Boothroyd becomes first female Speaker in the House of Commons
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Fire breaks out at Windsor Castle causing over £50m worth of damage
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Black Wednesday – membership of Exchange Rate Mechanism suspended
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Died
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Benny Hill, Frankie Howerd, Willy Brandt, Marlene Dietrich
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1993
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Events
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Merseyside toddler James Bulger reported missing, later found dead
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Massive bomb explodes at Bishopsgate in the City of London
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Queen announces that Buckingham Palace will open to the public
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British National Party wins fist council seat in Tower Hamlets
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Black student Stephen Lawrence stabbed to death in Eltham.
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Died
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Bobby Moore, Anthony Burgess, Arthur Ashe, Audrey Hepburn
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1994
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Events
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British Aerospace sells its 80% holding in Rover to BMW
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Gloucester police begin excavations at home of Fred West
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The Church of England ordains its first female priests
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Channel Tunnel officially opened
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Camelot wins contract to run UK’s first National Lottery
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Died
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Roy Castle, Matt Busby, Peter Cushing, Brian Johnston
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1995
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Events
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Eric Cantona launches kung-fu style kick on Crystal Palace supporter
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Rogue trader Nick Leeson brings down Barings Bank
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Vauxhall unveils its new range of Vectra saloons and hatchbacks
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At 95 the Queen Mother has a hip replacement operation
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Princess of Wales gives revealing TV interview to Martin Bashir on Panorama
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Died
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Fred Perry, Donald Pleasance, Gerald Durrell, Ronnie Kray
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1996
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Events
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First genetically modified foods go on sale in the UK
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Thomas Hamilton kills 16 children, their teacher and himself in Dunblane
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Guernsey legalizes abortion 86 years after it was criminalized
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Dolly the sheep, the first successfully cloned mammal, is born
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The Spice Girls release their first single ‘Wannabe’
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Died
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Michael Bentine, Jon Pertwee, Willie Rushton, Spiro Agnew
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1997
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Events
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Lone yachtsman Tony Bullimore rescued from capsized boat in the Indian Ocean
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Labour Party under Tony Blair wins UK General Election
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Katrina and the Waves win Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Love Shine a Light’
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UK transfers sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China
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Publication of the first ‘Harry Potter’ novel
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Died
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Diana Princess of Wales, Dodi al-Fayed, Jacques Cousteau, Robert Mitchum
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1998
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Events
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The Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland signed
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Former footballer Justin Fashanu found hanged
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Former Chilean dictator Auguste Pinochet under house Arrest in Britain
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Google established
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President Clinton admits "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky
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Died
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Frank Sinatra, Roddy McDowall, Linda McCartney, Pol Pot
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1999
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Events
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TV presenter Jill Dando dies after being shot outside her Fulham home
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First elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly
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Prince Edward marries Sophie Rhys-Jones
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Total eclipse of the sun visible in Cornwall
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31 people killed in Ladbroke grove rail crash outside Paddington
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Died
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Rod Hull, Ernie Wise, Quentin Crisp, Yehudi Menuhin
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2000
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Events
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Millennium Dome officially opened by the Queen
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Royal Bank of Scotland tales over NatWest
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Ken Livingstone elected Mayor of London
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100th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
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Steve Redgrave wins fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal
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Died
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Sir Stanley Matthews, Dame Barbara Cartland, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Robin Day
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2001
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Events
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"09/11"
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Sven-Goran Eriksson assumes role of England soccer manager
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UK Foot and Mouth crisis
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Donald Campbell’s body recovered from Coniston Water 34 years after fatal crash
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Bank of Scotland and Halifax merge to form HBOS plc
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Died
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Harry Secombe, Mary Whitehouse, Christiaan Barnard, Nyree Dawn Porter
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2002
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Events
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Potters Bar rail crash kills 7
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Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations
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Ian Huntley arrested regarding the murder of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman
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Mozilla Firefox web browser is born
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Terrorist bombs detonated in Bali nightclubs
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Died
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Princess Margaret, HRH The Queen Mother, Spike Milligan, Myra Hindley
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2003
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Events
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Land troops from United Kingdom join troops from the United States, Australia and Poland in the invasion of Iraq.
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The BBC announces that Den Watts will return to East Enders 14 years after he was supposedly killed off.
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Dr David Kelly, a British government weapons expert, is found dead near his home in Oxfordshire.
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Roger Federer wins first Wimbledon singles title
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England wins Rugby World Cup
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Died
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Roy Jenkins, Dolly the cloned sheep, Bob Hope, Bob Monkhouse
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2004
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Events
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Serial killer Harold Shipman found dead in his cell
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A party of Chinese cockle pickers is caught by the tides at night in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire
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Piers Morgan sacked as editor of the Daily Mirror after publishing fake pictures of Iraqi prisoner abuse
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A Fathers 4 Justice campaigner dressed as Batman breaches security at Buckingham Palace.
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Indonesian earthquake and resultant tsunami cause devastation across Bay of Bengal
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Died
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Peter Ustinov, Caron Keating, Red Adair, Yasser Arafat
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2005
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Events
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Ellen Macarthur sets record for quickest round the world solo sail
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Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker-Bowles
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The Hunting Act, banning hunting with dogs, comes into force
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London chosen for the 2012 Olympic Games
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Series of coordinated bombings strike London’s transport system
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England regains the Ashes
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Died
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James Callaghan, Sir John Mills, Sir Edward Heath, George Best
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2006
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Events
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Charles Kennedy leader of the Liberal Democrats resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem
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Six men taking part in a clinical trial for a new anti-inflammatory drug are placed in intensive care after suffering adverse side-effects
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George Bush greets Tony Blair with the phrase “Yo, Blair!”
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Alexander Litvinenko dies in London after being poisoned by Polonium 210
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Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond suffers serious brain injury when his jet powered car crashes while filming
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Died
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Ron Greenwood, Sir Freddie Laker, Jack Wild, John Profumo
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2007
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Events
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England lose Ashes series in Australia 5-0
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Protests in India about Jade Goody’s treatment of Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother
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The MSC Napoli is deliberately grounded to prevent it sinking, leading to concern about environmental damage to Branscombe beach in Devon
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Public Smoking ban introduced in England
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Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as Prime Minister
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Died
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Magnus Magnusson, Anita Roddick, Ian Wooldridge, Bob Woolmer
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2008
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Events
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Worldwide credit crunch and recession
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Died
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Bo Diddly, Arthur C Clarke, Paul Newman, Ertha Kitt
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