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26 Jul
1952: Eva Peron dies
23 Sep
1952: Charlie Chaplin comes home
30 Sep
1955: James Dean killed in car smash
18 Apr
1955: Albert Einstein dies
31 May
1957: Arthur Miller guilty of contempt
29 Apr
1958: My Fair Lady dazzles London
07 Aug
1958: Arthur Miller cleared of contempt
22 Apr
1959: Dame Margot Fonteyn released from jail
24 Jan
1961: End of the road for Monroe and Miller
17 Jun
1961: Russian dancer in freedom dash
05 Aug
1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead
07 Feb
1964: Beatlemania arrives in the US
21 May
1966: Cooper loses to world champ Clay
09 Mar
1967: Stalin's daughter defects to the West
10 May
1967: Two Rolling Stones on drugs charges
11 Oct
1967: Harold Wilson wins Moving apology
12 Dec
1967: Stones guitarist escapes jail for drugs
08 May
1968: Krays held on suspicion of murder
29 May
1968: Manchester Utd win European Cup
14 Jan
1969: Matt Busby retires from Man United
18 Feb
1969: Lulu ties knot with Bee Gee
12 Mar
1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman
07 Jul
1969: Brian Jones died of 'drink and drugs'
20 Aug
1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing
18 Sep
1970: Rock legend Hendrix dies after party
12 May
1971: Row rocks Rolling Stone wedding
03 Jul
1971: Doors' singer Jim Morrison found dead
10 Oct
1975: Liz Taylor and Richard Burton remarry
29 Nov
1975: Graham Hill killed in air crash
04 Dec
1976: 'Genius' composer Benjamin Britten dies
06 Jan
1977: EMI fires Sex Pistols
13 May
1977: Cricket captain sacked over 'circus'
16 Aug
1977: Rock and roll 'king' Presley dies
16 Sep
1977: T-Rex singer killed in car smash
25 Dec
1977: Silent film legend Chaplin dies
17 May
1978: Charlie Chaplin's stolen body found
12 Oct
1978: Sex Pistol Vicious on murder charge
02 Feb
1979: Sid Vicious dies from drugs overdose
10 Dec
1979: Daredevil Kidd's 80ft river jump
08 Dec
1980: John Lennon shot dead
22 Jun
1981: Chapman pleads guilty to Lennon murder
13 Jul
1985: Live Aid makes millions for Africa
08 Apr
1986: Eastwood voted mayor by landslide
10 Sep
1988: BBC presenters in helicopter crash
30 Jul
1991: Pavarotti sings in the British rain
24 Nov
1991: Giant of rock dies
24 Aug
1993: Michael Jackson accused of child abuse
01 May
1994: Race ace Senna killed in car crash
02 Sep
1994: Roy Castle loses battle with cancer
13 Apr
1997: Tiger Woods wins Masters at 21
15 Jul
1997: Versace murdered on his doorstep
31 May
1998: Ginger leaves the Spice Girls
21 Mar
1999: Comedy genius Ernie Wise dies
08 Jul
2000: New Harry Potter most magical yet
18 Oct
2000: Hurley mocked at premiere
24 May
1999: Drugs row Dallaglio goes
18 Nov
2000: Hollywood meets Wales in 'wedding of year'
22 Dec
2000: Madonna weds her Guy
12 Jan
2001: Swedish 'Iceman' starts England job
02 Jul
2001: Dando killer jailed for life
08 Aug
2001: Hollywood's 'golden couple' divorce
10 Aug
2001: Hamiltons condemn 'sex assault' arrest
30 Dec
2002: Diana Ross arrested for drink-driving
12 Jan
2003: Maurice Gibb dies after stomach op
27 Jul
2003: Comic legend Bob Hope dies
08 Oct
2003: The Terminator takes on California
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