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1956: Eisenhower re-elected with record vote
Eisenhower is returned to the White House with the biggest share of votes for 100 years.
1975: IRA kidnappers release industrialist
Dr Tiede Herrema, a Dutch industrialist kidnapped by the IRA more than a month ago, is freed.
1989: Protests force out East German rulers
East German leader Egon Krenz prepares to choose a new government after mass resignations of Communist ministers.
1972: Nixon takes second term by landslide
President Richard Nixon wins an overwhelming victory in the US presidential elections for a second term in the White House.
2000: Hillary Clinton is first First Lady in Senate
Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of the president, makes history when she wins a New York Senate seat.
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1956: Soviet troops overrun Hungary
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1952: Landslide victory for Eisenhower
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1956: Allied forces take control of Suez
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1987: Bomb kills 11 at Enniskillen
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1985: America welcomes Charles and Diana
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1995: Nigeria hangs human rights activists
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