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1968: Londonderry march ends in violence
Batons and water cannon have been used by police to break up a civil rights march in Londonderry.
1994: Cult members die in 'mass suicide'
The bodies of 48 members of a religious cult are discovered by Swiss police after an apparent mass suicide.
1974: Four dead in Guildford bomb blasts
Four people are killed and more than 50 injured in explosions in southern England this evening.
1999: Death toll rising in Paddington crash
At least eight people are killed and 160 injured after two trains collide at Ladbroke Grove in west London.
2000: Protesters storm Yugoslav parliament
Opposition supporters storm the Yugoslav parliament building and proclaim Vojislav Kostunica as the new president.
1984: Essex police make record drugs haul
Police and Customs in Essex seize Britain's biggest ever haul of cannabis made in a single raid.
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1993: Hardline Communists riot in Moscow
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1995: OJ Simpson verdict: 'Not guilty'
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1992: El Al jumbo crashes in Amsterdam
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1981: Egypt's President Sadat assassinated
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2001: US launches air strikes against Taleban
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1952: Many die as three trains crash at Harrow
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