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05 Dec
1950: Pyongyang taken as UN retreats
07 Sep
1952: Egyptian army ousts prime minister
24 Aug
1954: Brazilian president found dead
02 Mar
1956: King of Jordan sacks British general
26 Jul
1956: Egypt seizes Suez Canal
06 Nov
1956: Allied forces take control of Suez
23 Dec
1956: Jubilation as allied troops leave Suez
14 Jul
1958: Coup in Iraq sparks jitters in Middle East
01 Jun
1958: De Gaulle returns to tackle Algeria
27 Nov
1961: RAF flies aid to flood-stricken Somalia
28 Oct
1962: World relief as Cuban missile crisis ends
30 Jun
1969: Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra
17 Sep
1970: Civil war breaks out in Jordan
25 Jan
1971: Idi Amin ousts Uganda president
01 Mar
1973: Palestinian gunmen hold diplomats in Sudan
06 Oct
1973: Arab states attack Israeli forces
21 Jul
1974: Cyprus conflict spills into London
23 Jul
1974: Greek military rule gives in to democracy
16 Jan
1979: Shah of Iran flees into exile
28 Mar
1979: Nuclear leak causes alarm in America
17 Jul
1979: Sandinista rebels take Nicaraguan capital
04 Nov
1979: Militants storm US embassy in Tehran
21 Nov
1979: Mob destroys US embassy in Pakistan
25 Apr
1980: Tehran hostage rescue mission fails
21 Jan
1981: Tehran frees US hostages after 444 days
26 May
1981: Italy in crisis as cabinet resigns
20 Oct
1983: Grenada's prime minister 'assassinated'
25 Oct
1983: US troops invade Grenada
27 Apr
1984: Libyan embassy siege ends
08 Mar
1985: Beirut car bomb kills dozens
07 Oct
1985: Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner
24 Nov
1985: Commandoes storm hijacked plane
05 Apr
1986: Berlin disco bombed
15 Oct
1987: Fiji one step closer to a republic
03 Jul
1988: US warship shoots down Iranian airliner
16 Sep
1992: UK crashes out of ERM
06 Mar
1993: Angolans die in battle for Huambo
23 Feb
1981: Rebel army seizes control in Spain
12 Jul
1990: Yeltsin resignation splits Soviet Communists
12 Jan
1991: US Congress votes for war in Iraq
13 Jan
1997: Shots heard at besieged embassy in Peru
22 Apr
1997: Troops storm embassy in Peru
04 Feb
1998: 4,000 feared dead in Afghan earthquake
25 Nov
1998: 'Corrupt' Turkish government falls
09 May
1999: Chinese anger at embassy bombing
12 Oct
2000: Suicide bombers attack USS Cole
16 Jan
2001: DR Congo President Kabila shot
01 Jun
2001: Nepal royal family massacred
23 Nov
2002: Riots force Miss World out of Nigeria
14 Aug
2003: Lights go out across NE America
20 Nov
2003: British targets bombed in Istanbul
04 Dec
2003: US pulls back from steel trade war
27 Dec
2004: Yushchenko wins Ukraine election re-run
29 May
2005: French say 'non' to EU constitution
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