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| July 8 |
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| The latest story about boy wizard Harry Potter has broken all publishing records. |
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| July 7 |
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| At least 19 people have been killed in riots in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, following the death of the opposition leader. |
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| July 6 |
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| Nasa scientists have freed a robot from the space probe, Mars Pathfinder, allowing it to begin its exploration of the Red Planet at last. |
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| July 3 |
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| The former Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity. |
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| July 2 |
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| The Civil Rights Bill - one of the most important piece of legislation in American history - has become law. |
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| July 1 |
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| Hong Kong has been handed back to the Chinese authorities-ending more than 50 years of British control. |
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| July 5 |
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| The Bank of England has closed down UK branches of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) over allegations of fraud. |
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| July 4 |
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| Israeli commandos have rescued 100 hostages, mostly Israelis or Jews, held by pro-Palestinian hijackers at Entebbe airport in Uganda. |
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| July 25 |
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| The birth of the world's first "test tube baby" has been announced in Manchester. |
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| July 19 |
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| A huge new dinosaur skeleton has been unveiled to the media at the Natural History Museum in London. |
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| July 18 |
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| A body believed to be that of government scientist Dr David Kelly has been found in woodland not far from his Oxfordshire home. |
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| July 11 |
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| The World Aids Conference in South Africa has announced trials for a new HIV vaccine will begin in Britain. |
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| June 30 |
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| Millions of people have witnessed a total eclipse of the sun as the moon cast its shadow from America through Europe and on to Asia. |
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| June 29 |
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| Maria Estela Isabel Martinez de Peron has been sworn in as interim leader of the Argentine Republic. |
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| June 26 |
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| The US President, John F Kennedy, has made a ground-breaking speech in Berlin offering American solidarity to the citizens of West Germany. |
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| June 25 |
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| The United States has launched its latest plan to bring peace to the Middle East. |
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| June 24 |
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| America's first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight. |
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| June 23 |
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| Pope John Paul II has held a private meeting with Lech Walesa, the founder and leader of Solidarity, Poland's independent trade union movement. |
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| June 22 |
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| German forces have invaded the Soviet Union. |
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| June 19 |
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| Fast food chain McDonald's has won a partial victory in its epic libel trial against two environmental campaigners. |
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| June 18 |
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| United States President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev have signed Salt II, the first arms-reduction treaty between the two super powers. |
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| June 17 |
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| The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland has died suddenly at his Glasgow home. |
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| June 16 |
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| A controversial new book about the Princess of Wales claims she attempted suicide on several occasions over the last decade, and portrays her as a deeply depressed and unstable character. |
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| June 15 |
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| Opposition is growing to Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher's plans to end free school milk for children over the age of seven. |
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| June 12 |
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| Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has been barred from holding office for six years after she was found guilty of electoral corruption. |
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| June 11 |
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| Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been celebrating her third general election win after beating Labour by 376 to 229 seats. |
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| June 10 |
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| Fighting in the Middle East has ended after Israel finally observed the UN ceasefire and halted her advance into Syria. |
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| June 9 |
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| Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party has won a landslide second term election victory, taking 397 seats to Labour's 209. |
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| June 5 |
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| On June 5, 1963, British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns his post following revelations that he had lied to the House of Commons about his sexual affair Christine Keeler. |
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| June 4 |
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| On this day, the last Allied troops in Europe evacuate Dunkirk as the Germans arrive. |
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