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1981: Military crackdown on Polish people Military rulers in Poland have declared a state of emergency after imposing martial law and placing leaders of the Solidarity trade union under arrest.
1972: New offer for Thalidomide victims More than 300 British victims of the Thalidomide drug are being offered a compensation deal said to be worth �11.85m.
1958: Monkey lost after space flight The search for a small bushy-tailed monkey fired into space in the nose cone of a Jupiter missile is called off.
