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WEB20 February. The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir. Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool. Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Gilgamesh tomb believed found
WEBApr 29, 2003 · Archaeologists in Iraq believe they may have found the lost tomb of King Gilgamesh - the subject of the oldest "book" in history. Gilgamesh was believed to be two-thirds god, one-third human. The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of ...
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 1948: The State of Israel is founded
WEBMay 6, 2008 · 1948: The State of Israel is founded. The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948, the culmination of nearly 2,000 years of hopes by Jewish people that they would one day return to the land from which the Romans expelled them. The Holocaust of European Jewry in the Second World War strengthened their determination.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
WEB1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash. Diana, Princess of Wales, has died after a car crash in Paris. She was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning where surgeons tried for two hours to save her life but she died at 0300 BST. In a statement Buckingham Palace said the Queen and the Prince of Wales were "deeply shocked and ...
BBC NEWS | Americas | 9/11 third tower mystery 'solved'
WEBJul 4, 2008 · BBC, Conspiracy Files. One of the twin towers collapses. The final mystery of 9/11 will soon be solved, according to US experts investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center. The 47-storey third tower, known as Tower Seven, collapsed seven hours after the twin towers. Investigators …
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BBC NEWS | UK | The campaign for 'Sarah's Law'
WEBApr 10, 2007 · The campaign for 'Sarah's Law'. In the mid-1990s, Megan's Law was introduced in the US after the murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanko by a sex offender who had moved in across the street. That law gives parents access to information on paedophiles living in their community. In Britain, there has …
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 16 | 1977: T-Rex singer killed in car smash
WEB16 September. Pop star Marc Bolan has been killed in a car crash in south-west London. The 29-year-old former T-Rex singer was killed instantly when the car being driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes. Miss Jones - an American singer who had just returned from the US - broke her jaw and is suffering from ...