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Boy carried to safety as priest waves surrender
Northern Ireland
1972 A civil rights march turns into a riot
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Kidnapping
1983 Police hunt for missing racehorse Shergar
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1969 Man sets foot on the moon
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1987 Cynthia Payne cleared of running brothel
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1953 Victoria ferry sinks, 130 feared dead
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1966 England win the World Cup
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1962 World pulls back from nuclear war
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1982 Queen fends off bedroom intruder
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1964 Poitier first black actor to win Oscar
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