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Mir space station Image 1986: Soviets launch space station Mir

The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir.
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Freeze frame of CCTV from the Strand Shopping Centre, Bootle Image 1993: Two boys charged with toddler's murder
Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool.
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Indira Gandhi Image 1983: Hundreds die in Assam poll violence
Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections.
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Damaged barracks Image 1989: IRA bombs Tern Hill barracks
Police are hunting two IRA bombers who attacked an army barracks at Tern Hill in Shropshire.
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John Glenn Image 1962: US spaceman orbits Earth
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, lands safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
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1958: Historic Sheerness docks to close
The government announces one the oldest naval dockyards in the UK will be shut down.
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Top Story 1979: China invades Vietnam
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Top Story 1996: Bomb blast destroys London bus
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Top Story 2001: Foot-and-mouth scare at UK abbatoir
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Top Story 1972: Nixon makes historic visit to China
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Top Story 1972: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks
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23 February
Top Story 1945: US flag raised over Iwo Jima
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