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Wrecked bus 1996: Bomb blast destroys London bus

Three people are feared dead after a bomb explodes on a London bus, nine days after the IRA ended its ceasefire.

La Mon restaurant after bombing 1978: Belfast bomb suspects rounded up
Police in Northern Ireland arrest at least 20 people in connection with the La Mon restaurant bomb.

Margaret Thatcher - 1981 1981: Thatcher gives in to miners
Mrs Thatcher's Conservative Government withdraws plans to close 23 pits in its first major U-turn since coming to power two years ago.

Bilsdale Hunt 2005: Ban on hunting comes into force
Hunting with dogs in England and Wales becomes illegal as the ban on the activity passes into law.

Senator Joseph McCarthy 1954: McCarthy hunts 'army Communists'
The Secretary of the US army orders two generals subpoenaed by anti-Communist senator Joseph McCarthy to ignore the summons.

1969: Lulu ties knot with Bee Gee
Hundreds of people clamour to see the marriage of popstars Lulu and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in a Buckinghamshire church.
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