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Police form a line next burning upturned car1981: Police attacked in Liverpool riots

Up to 30 police officers are injured by bricks and other missiles as rioting and looting breaks out in Toxteth, Liverpool.


Front of BCCI headquarters1991: International bank closed in fraud scandal
The Bank of Credit and Commerce International closes UK branches over fraud allegations.

Photo of Oliver North1989: Irangate colonel avoids prison
Former White House aide Oliver North escapes jail for his part in the Iran-Contra affair.

Arthur Ashe with the Wimbledon Trophy1975: Ashe's Wimbledon win makes history
American tennis player Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles' championship.

Richard Baker reading the news1954: BBC launches daily TV news
The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news programme.

2000: Record-breaking penguin rescue
Conservationists in South Africa are carrying out the biggest ever airlift of wild birds.

1979: Queen oversees Manx millennium
The Queen presides over the 1000th annual open-air sitting of the Isle of Man's Parliament, Tynwald.
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