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1998: US embassies in Africa bombed
At least 200 people are killed and many more injured when US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are bombed within minutes of each other.
2003: Bali bomber smiles at guilty verdict
Amrozi bin Nurhasyim is convicted for the Bali nightclub bombings which killed 190 people in 2002.
1972: Asians given 90 days to leave Uganda
The Ugandan leader, Idi Amin, sets a deadline for the expulsion of most of the country's Asians.
1958: Arthur Miller cleared of contempt
Washington's Court of Appeals quashes playwright Arthur Miller's conviction for contempt of Congress after a two-year legal battle.
1987: Chilly swim thaws Cold War relations
An American woman becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union.
2001: NHS buys private hospital
The government re-nationalisea a private hospital for the first time.
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