The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, shake hands on the White House lawn in Washington.
1982: Dingo baby trial opens in Australia A mother who claims her nine-week-old daughter was killed by a dingo appears in court in Australia charged with her murder.
1988: Cubans blame shooting on 'CIA plot' A Cuban diplomat opened fire in a crowded London street because of an American plot to make him defect, his government says.
2001: Duncan Smith is new Tory leader A relatively unknown former soldier and standard bearer of the Tory right is elected the new leader of the Conservative Party.
1980: Missing Scottish bear is found The bear who went missing on a Scottish island while being filmed for a television commercial is recaptured.
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