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Witness accounts of the events that made the news

Soldiers with sinking ship in background

23 December
1956: 'Laughing stock of the world' - Suez veteran

The Suez crisis brought international condemnation of Britain and France - ex-servicemen remember.

Briefcase from the plane

21 December
1988: Debris of a disaster
Accounts of the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing, which left 259 people dead.

Lee Harvey Oswald

22 November
1963: 'Stunned into silence' by JFK's death
Your memories of how you felt when US President John F Kennedy was assassinated.

The Berlin Wall is demolished

9 November
1989: The night the Wall came down
Your memories of the jubilant scenes at the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
8 December
1980: The legend of Lennon
Your memories of former Beatle John Lennon who was murdered in New York.
Witness memories

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Looking back
A selection of the best of your memories


Witness in pictures

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Srebrenica Now
The town through the eyes of local people


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Soldiers saluting 'Plain bloody murder' - Soldier remembers the Warrenpoint massacre

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Nepal's turmoil
Kathmandu after the royal family massacre


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Challenger disintegrates seconds after launch - 28 January 1986 Challenger disaster
Images that shocked the world


 

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