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in history Archive (alphabetical) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Back to top Aldo Moro killing | Amin coup | Apartheid repeal B Back to top Badajoz siege | Bangladesh cyclone disaster | Berlin border closed | Bhopal massacre | Black Hole of Calcutta | Brighton hotel bombing C Back to top California quake | Challenger explodes | Chernobyl disaster | Chinese atomic bomb | Cuba blockade D Back to top Dara disaster | Desert Storm | Dreyfus Affair E Back to top East Germany opens | East Timor invasion | Ebola virus | Eichmann capture F Back to top Falklands War G Back to top General Belgrano sunk | Genome completion | German unification | Great fire of London H Back to top Hitler diaries | Hong Kong returned | Hurricane Andrew J Back to top Jonestown massacre | Jordan-Israel peace | Jutland, Battle of K Back to top Kuwait invasion L Back to top Lockerbie disaster M Back to top Maastricht Treaty | Malcom X killing | Mandela released | Mandela trial | Manned space flight | Mathias Rust flight | Mecca deaths | Mexico earthquake | Moon landing | Murder of kidnapped US journalist N Back to top New Year messages | Nixon resigns O Back to top Oklahoma bombing | Operation Entebbe | Oswald killing P Back to top Panama invasion | Phnom-Penh falls | Pinochet again | Polish martial law | Pope killing attempt | Princess Diana death | Princess Grace death | Pueblo seized R Back to top Rabin killing | Reagan killing attempt | Robert Kennedy killing | Royal wedding S Back to top Sadat killing | Suharto resignation T Back to top Tenerife disaster | Terrorist attacks of 9/11 | Tokyo gas attack U Back to top US-USSR hotline | US-USSR space link-up V Back to top Valentine's Day Massacre W Back to top Waco siege | Warren report out | Water on the moon | Watts riots | World Trade Center convictions | World water shortage predicted Y Back to top Yeltsin president | Yeltsin resigns