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Witness accounts of the events that made the news
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Soldiers with sinking ship in background Image 23 December
1956: 'Laughing stock of the world' - Suez veteran

The Suez crisis brought international condemnation of Britain and France - ex-servicemen remember.
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Briefcase from the plane Image 21 December
1988: Debris of a disaster
Accounts of the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing, which left 259 people dead.
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Lee Harvey Oswald Image 22 November
1963: 'Stunned into silence' by JFK's death
Your memories of how you felt when US President John F Kennedy was assassinated.
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The Berlin Wall is demolished Image 9 November
1989: The night the Wall came down
Your memories of the jubilant scenes at the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
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1980: The legend of Lennon
Your memories of former Beatle John Lennon who was murdered in New York.
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Witness memories
0 Looking back
A selection of the best of your memories

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Witness in pictures
0 ImageSrebrenica Now
The town through the eyes of local people
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0 Soldiers saluting 'Plain bloody murder' - Soldier remembers the Warrenpoint massacre
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0 ImageNepal's turmoil
Kathmandu after the royal family massacre

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0 Challenger disintegrates seconds after launch - 28 January 1986Challenger disaster
Images that shocked the world

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