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Kennedy in Berlin1963: Kennedy: 'Ich bin ein Berliner'

President Kennedy inspires the people of West Germany with a morale-boosting speech of defiance to the Soviet Union.


Bernadette Devlin MP1970: Violence flares as Devlin is arrested
Riots break out in Londonderry after it is revealed Bernadette Devlin has been arrested.

Tony Blair with Martti Ahtisaari (c) and Cyril Ramaphosa (r)2000: IRA weapons dump inspected
International inspectors say they have seen a large number of IRA weapons "safely and adequately stored" in bunkers.

Richard Branson1986: Branson on course for Blue Riband
Entrepreneur Richard Branson sets off on his second attempt to claim the transatlantic crossing record for Britain.

Royal Yacht Britannia1959: Queen and Eisenhower open seaway
The Queen and President Eisenhower inaugurate the St Lawrence Seaway in Canada that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic.

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