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2000: Suicide bombers attack USS Cole
At least six American sailors die in what's thought to have been a suicide bomb attack on a US Navy destroyer in Yemen.

2002: Dozens killed in Bali nightclub explosion
Reports from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali say more than 50 people have been killed in two explosions.

1984: Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast
A bomb explodes at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in a direct attack on the British Government.

1986: Reykjavik summit ends in failure
Superpower talks collapse after Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev fail to agree on Star Wars.

1978: Sex Pistol Vicious on murder charge
British punk rocker Sid Vicious is arrested on suspicion of murder after his girlfriend's body is found in their New York hotel room.

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9 October
Top Story: 1988: Latvia cries freedom from Moscow

10 October
Top Story: 1980: Thousands feared dead in Algerian quake

11 October
Top Story: 1976: China's 'Gang of Four' arrested

13 October
Top Story: 1976: Bolivian plane crashes in Santa Cruz

14 October
Top Story: 1994: Israelis and Arafat share peace prize

15 October
Top Story: 1969: Millions march in US Vietnam Moratorium

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