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Witness accounts of the events that made the news
23 December
1956: 'Laughing stock of the world' - Suez veteran
The Suez crisis brought international condemnation of Britain and France - ex-servicemen remember.
21 December
1988: Debris of a disaster
Accounts of the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing, which left 259 people dead.
22 November
1963: 'Stunned into silence' by JFK's death
Your memories of how you felt when US President John F Kennedy was assassinated.
9 November
1989: The night the Wall came down
Your memories of the jubilant scenes at the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
8 December
1980: The legend of Lennon
Your memories of former Beatle John Lennon who was murdered in New York.
Witness memories
Looking back
A selection of the best of your memories
Witness in pictures
Srebrenica Now
The town through the eyes of local people
'Plain bloody murder'
- Soldier remembers the Warrenpoint massacre
Nepal's turmoil
Kathmandu after the royal family massacre
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Challenger disaster
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Srebrenica Now
'Plain bloody murder' - Soldier remembers the Warrenpoint massacre
Nepal's turmoil 
Challenger disaster