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1985: Sleeping boy killed in police raid
A five-year-old boy is shot dead in a police raid on his home in Birmingham.


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1974: Human cannonball misses target
A woman fired from a cannon in Bristol fails to break the English record for the second time.


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1975: Rhodesia peace talks fail
Talks between the Rhodesian Government and the African National Council collapse acrimoniously.


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1950: Television crosses the Channel
The BBC transmits the first ever live television pictures across the Channel.


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1963: King's dream for racial harmony
The fight for racial equality moves a step closer to victory as Dr Martin Luther King tells thousands of Americans his dream for freedom.


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1976: Notting Hill Carnival ends in riot
More than 100 police officers are taken to hospital after clashes at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.


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1959: Anglo-US TV debate makes history
British prime minister Harold Macmillan and American president Dwight Eisenhower give an historic live television broadcast from Downing Street.


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1976: Water crisis deepens
The first of 11,500 standpipes are connected in Yorkshire as local reservoirs reach their lowest levels in years.


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1951: Designers prepare to dazzle Venice
British designers hold a fashion show of 40 outfits they plan to show at the Venice Biennale arts festival.


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1976: Hull prison riot ends
The last protesting inmates at Hull's top-security prison finally surrender after 67 hours on the rampage.


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1985: Titanic wreck captured on film
The first pictures of the wreck of the Titanic are released 73 years after the liner sank with the loss of 1,500 lives.


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1959: UK's first trunk call from a pay phone
The first trunk dialling system from a public call-box is launched during a ceremonial phone call from Bristol to London.


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1952: Dozens die in air show tragedy
At least 27 people, mostly spectators, are killed as a jet fighter breaks up over the crowd at an air show in Hampshire, England.


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1978: Callaghan accused of running scared
The UK Prime Minister announces he will not call an election this autumn, prompting criticism from the Opposition.


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1950: Miners trapped underground by landslide
Rescuers say 116 miners trapped in Knockshinnoch Castle colliery in Scotland following a landslide are safe.


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