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1952: Many die as three trains crash at Harrow
At least 85 people are killed in the UK's worst peacetime rail crash after three trains collide at Harrow and Wealdstone. |
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2003: The Terminator takes on California Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California, ousting the incumbent, Gray Davis, three years before the end of his term of office. |
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2005: Powerful quake hits South Asia Many hundreds of people die in Pakistan, north India and Afghanistan following a massive quake. |
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1987: Zeebrugge disaster was no accident The coroner's inquest jury into the capsizing of the Herald of Free Enterprise returns verdicts of unlawful killing. |
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1973: Commercial radio joins UK airwaves Britain's first independent radio station begins broadcasting on VHF and medium wave. |
1990: Britain's first full day in ERM
Hectic trading in the City marks Britain's first day as a full member of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System.
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