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British rowers (left to right) James Cracknell, Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave and Tim Foster hold the gold medals 2000: Redgrave wins fifth Olympic gold

British rower Steve Redgrave makes Olympic history at the Sydney Games by winning his fifth consecutive gold medal.


Crowds waiting by palace railings1951: King has lung operation
Crowds gather outside Buckingham Palace for news of King George VI following an operation to remove part of his lung.

HMS Glasgow1976: British warship blaze kills eight
A fire on one of the Royal Navy's latest guided missile destroyers kills eight men.

Ken Maginnis appearing on BBC's Newsnight, August 19971997: Peace talks wobble after Unionist outburst
An MP in the Ulster Unionist Party launches a fierce attack on the British Government and Sinn Fein.

Charlie Chaplin 19521952: Charlie Chaplin comes home
The star of the silent movies, Charlie Chaplin, returns to his native England after 21 years in the US.

1987: Ban lifted on MI5 man's memoirs
An Australian court lifts the ban on the publication of Peter Wright's autobiography, Spycatcher.
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