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1973: Northern Ireland votes for union
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:55
The people of Northern Ireland vote overwhelmingly to remain within the United Kingdom.
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1981: M5 rapist jailed for life
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:55
A man who for three-and-a-half years terrorised women in the south west of England is sentenced to life behind bars.
1967: Stalin's daughter defects to the West
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:55
Svetlana Stalin, daughter of the Soviet dictator, requests asylum at the United States Embassy in India.
1976: Scores die in cable car tragedy
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:55
A line supporting a cable car snaps killing 42 people, including children, in the Dolomite mountains in northern Italy.
1971: Post strike ends with pay deal
Monday, 08 March 2010 16:09
British postal workers go back to work after seven weeks on strike.
2001: Donald Campbell's speedboat recovered
Monday, 08 March 2010 16:09
Divers raise the wreck of Donald Campbell's boat, Bluebird, from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria.
1965: Goldie the eagle evades capture again
Sunday, 07 March 2010 09:32
A golden eagle which escaped from Regent's Park Zoo is still on the loose after outsmarting his keepers' latest attempts to recapture him.
1988: IRA gang shot dead in Gibraltar
Sunday, 07 March 2010 09:32
The IRA confirms the three people shot dead by security forces in Gibraltar yesterday were members of an active service unit.
1969: Israel elects first female leader
Sunday, 07 March 2010 09:32
Golda Meir has been elected as the first female prime minister of Israel following Levi Eshkol's death.
1957: Ghana celebrates independence
Saturday, 06 March 2010 09:59
The people of Ghana celebrate the end of colonial rule and the dawn of their independence.
1987: Hundreds trapped as car ferry capsizes
Saturday, 06 March 2010 09:59
Forty-nine people are confirmed dead and dozens are missing as a car ferry capsizes just outside the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
1995: Queen marks peace in Belfast
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:55
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh pay a symbolic visit to Northern Ireland - their first since the IRA and Loyalist ceasefires came into effect last year.
1956: Britain deports Cyprus Archbishop
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:55
The British authorities order the deportation of the Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios, in the hope of restoring law and order to the island.
1950: Gas turbine car gets road test
Monday, 08 March 2010 16:09
Car manufacturers Rover unveil the first car powered with a gas turbine engine.
1985: Beirut car bomb kills dozens
Monday, 08 March 2010 16:09
At least 45 people die and 175 are injured in a car bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
1972: TWA jet explodes at Las Vegas airport
Monday, 08 March 2010 16:09
Bomb explodes in the cockpit of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 at Las Vegas airport.
1975: Kidnapped heiress found strangled
Sunday, 07 March 2010 09:32
The body of Lesley Whittle, the 17-year-old heiress kidnapped from her Shropshire home 52 days ago, is found at the bottom of a drain shaft.
1959: African activist flees to UK
Sunday, 07 March 2010 09:32
An independence movement leader wanted in the British territory of Nyasaland in central Africa has fled to London and gone into hiding.
1965: Police attack Alabama marchers
Sunday, 07 March 2010 09:32
State troopers assault scores of demonstrators demanding better voting rights for blacks as they attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery.
1970: Rabies ban on British pet imports
Saturday, 06 March 2010 09:59
The British Government announces an indefinite ban on the importation of domestic pets.
1961: 'Ukulele king' Formby dies
Saturday, 06 March 2010 09:59
One of Britain's most popular entertainers, George Formby, has died after suffering a heart attack.
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