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20 February. The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir. Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool. Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 18 | 1955: Albert Einstein dies - BBC News
18 April. Albert Einstein has died in hospital in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 76. The eminent scientist and originator of the theory of relativity was admitted to hospital three days ago with an internal complaint. In recent years Dr Einstein had lived a secluded life although he was still a member of staff at the Institute for Advanced Study ...
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Timeline: Soviet war in Afghanistan
Feb 17, 2009 · A chronology of key events around the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the decade-long war it sparked. 27 April: Afghanistan's communist People's Democratic Party seizes power in a coup but is split along ethnic lines and in-fighting begins. The country is renamed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA).
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 1948: The State of Israel is founded
May 6, 2008 · 1948: The State of Israel is founded. The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948, the culmination of nearly 2,000 years of hopes by Jewish people that they would one day return to the land from which the Romans expelled them. The Holocaust of European Jewry in the Second World War strengthened their determination.
BBC NEWS | Health | Lorenzo's oil: The full story
Jul 21, 2004 · Lorenzo's oil: The full story. Augusto Odone refused to give up on his son. Lorenzo Odone is 25 years old and lives in Washington. Eighteen years ago he was diagnosed with an incurable disease and given less than two years to live. His remarkable survival is due to his parents' single minded refusal to accept the doctors' grim prognosis.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash. Diana, Princess of Wales, has died after a car crash in Paris. She was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning where surgeons tried for two hours to save her life but she died at 0300 BST. In a statement Buckingham Palace said the Queen and the Prince of Wales were "deeply shocked and ...
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saddam Hussein's last moments
Dec 31, 2006 · Saddam Hussein's last moments. In the wake of the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a fuller picture has gradually emerged of how his final moments played out. In an interview with the BBC, one of the witnesses, Judge Munir Haddad, gave a detailed account of what he saw, painting a picture of a man defiant to the end.
BBC News - Why do some Catholics self-flagellate?
Nov 24, 2009 · Flagellation is the beating or whipping of the skin, most often on the back, and often drawing blood, as a bodily penance to show remorse for sin. It was a widespread practice in some parts of the Catholic ministry up to the 1960s but is uncommon today, says Professor Michael Walsh, a Catholic historian. Flagellation is acted out for symbolic ...
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | A brief history of punk
Dec 23, 2002 · A brief history of punk. The death of former Clash frontman Joe Strummer has reminded us how original and influential the first punk rockers were. The original punk music scene ran like the careers of many of its stars - burning brightly for a short time before crashing to the ground in flames. But its importance can be judged by the echoes ...
UK | The Krays: A history of violence - BBC News
Apr 4, 2000 · The Krays: A history of violence. Violence became a hallmark of the Krays' lives. The Krays were the most notorious criminals of the 1960s, heading an organised underworld empire of protection rackets, violence and murder. Ronnie and Reggie Kray were identical twins, born and raised in the East End of London - Charlie was born seven years earlier.