Agent finds Elian Gonzalez during raid on relatives' home
US federal agents seize six-year-old Elian Gonzalez in a early morning raid on his relatives' home. Margot Fonteyn - 1951
Peruvian troops on the roof (copyright: AP)
Francois Duvalier
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1959: Dame Margot Fonteyn released from jail
The British ballerina arrives in New York after spending 24 hours in a Panamanian prison.
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The four-month siege of the Japanese embassy in Peru ends in gunfire and explosions as troops storm in.
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Haiti's ruler, Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, has died after 14 years in power.
1980: Deposed ministers executed in Liberia
Thirteen leading officials of the ousted government in Liberia have been publicly executed on the orders of the new military regime.
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