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2000: Swat team grabs tug-of-love Cuban boy
US federal agents seize six-year-old Elian Gonzalez in a early morning raid on his relatives' home.
1959: Dame Margot Fonteyn released from jail
The British ballerina arrives in New York after spending 24 hours in a Panamanian prison.
1997: Troops storm embassy in Peru
The four-month siege of the Japanese embassy in Peru ends in gunfire and explosions as troops storm in.
1971: Haitian dictator dies
Haiti's ruler, Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, has died after 14 years in power.
1980: Deposed ministers executed in Liberia
Thirteen leading officials of the ousted government in Liberia have been publicly executed on the orders of the new military regime.
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1995: Many feared dead in Oklahoma bombing
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1999: Students 'kill dozens' at Denver school
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1945: Red Army enters outskirts of Berlin
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1979: Teacher dies in Southall race riots
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1993: IRA bomb devastates City of London
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1980: Tehran hostage rescue mission fails
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