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| April 19 |
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| Prince Rainier III of Monaco has married the film actress Grace Kelly. |
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| April 18 |
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| Albert Einstein has died in hospital in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 76. |
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| April 17 |
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| The entire 75-strong crew of a British submarine is feared dead after going missing off the south coast of England. |
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| April 16 |
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| The United Nations has voted to make the Bosnian town of Srebrenica a safe haven, as the town teeters on the brink of falling to Bosnian Serb forces. |
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| April 15 |
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| At least 93 football supporters have been killed in Britain's worst-ever sporting disaster. |
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| April 14 |
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| An explosion on board Apollo 13 has caused one of the most critical situations in American space history and put the lives of the three astronauts on board in severe jeopardy. |
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| April 13 |
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| The acting profession's top award has gone to a black actor for the first time. Sidney Poitier won the best actor Oscar for his role in Lilies of the Field. |
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| April 12 |
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| Russia has beaten the USA in the race to get the first man into space. |
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| April 11 |
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| US President Harry S Truman has dismissed General Douglas MacArthur as commander of United Nations and US forces in the Far East after disagreements over foreign policy in Korea. |
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| April 10 |
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| The Northern Ireland peace talks have ended with an historic agreement. |
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| April 9 |
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| There have been scenes of jubilation in Baghdad as US tanks rolled into the very heart of the Iraqi capital, confirming that the government of Saddam Hussein has been ousted from power. |
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| April 8 |
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| The lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, has been found dead in his Seattle home. |
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| April 7 |
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| Motor racing world champion Jim Clark has been killed in a car crash during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. |
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| April 6 |
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| Dozens of major cities in the United States have been rocked by an escalation in the race riots which began two days ago. |
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| April 5 |
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Sir Winston Churchill has resigned as prime minister of Britain due to his failing health.
The news was announced in a statement from Buckingham Palace this afternoon.
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| April 4 |
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| The American black civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, has been assassinated. |
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| April 3 |
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| The Grand National has ended in chaos after a series of events at the start which reduced the world-famous horse race to a shambles. |
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| April 2 |
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| Former French cabinet minister Maurice Papon has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for his part in deporting Jews from France during World War II. |
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| April 1 |
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| A coding machine used by the Germans to encode messages during World War II has been stolen from the Bletchley Park Museum in Buckinghamshire, south-east England. |
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| March 31 |
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| Queen Mary has been laid to rest next to her late husband following a funeral service at Windsor Castle. |
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| March 30 |
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| President Ronald Reagan has been shot and wounded after a lone gunman opened fire in Washington. |
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| March 29 |
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| Thousands of people have jogged through the normally quiet Sunday streets of the capital to compete in the first ever London marathon. |
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| March 28 |
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| Radioactive steam has leaked into the atmosphere in Pennsylvania, USA. |
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| March 27 |
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| At least 560 people died when two jumbo jets collided on a runway in what is thought to be the world's worst disaster involving aircraft on the ground. |
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| March 26 |
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| Israel and Egypt have ended 30 years of war with an historic peace treaty brokered by the United States. |
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| March 25 |
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| King Faisal of Saudi Arabia has died after a gun attack in Riyadh despite the efforts of doctors to save him. |
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| March 24 |
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| Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs has been rescued by Barbados police following his kidnapping. |
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| March 23 |
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| President Reagan has unveiled plans to combat nuclear war in space. |
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| March 22 |
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| Civil rights leader, the Reverend Martin Luther King, has been convicted of organising an illegal boycott by black passengers of buses in the US state of Alabama. |
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| March 21 |
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| One of Britain's most loved and most successful comedians, Ernie Wise, has died aged 73. |
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