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Man with arms round woman with face covered by mask

2005: Bomb attacks on London

A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network kills more than 30 people and injures about 700 others.

The stand-off between rioters and the police

2001: Two stabbed in Bradford race riots
Two people are stabbed and many more injured in running battles between white and Asian gangs in Bradford.

Photograph of the British High Commissioner to Kampala Mr James Hennessey

1976: British grandmother missing in Uganda
Ugandan authorities deny knowledge of the whereabouts of missing British-Israeli citizen Dora Bloch.

1985: Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17
Tennis unknown Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at the age of 17.

1969: Brian Jones died of 'drink and drugs'
Former Rolling Stones guitarist, Brian Jones, drowned after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs, an inquest is told.

1998: Chief's death sparks turmoil in Nigeria
At least 19 people are killed in riots in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, following the death of the opposition leader.

Around this Day

4 July

Top Story 1976: Israelis rescue Entebbe hostages

5 July

Top Story 1981: Police attacked in Liverpool riots

6 July

Top Story 1988: Piper Alpha oil rig ablaze

8 July

Top Story 1996: Seven slashed in school machete attack

9 July

Top Story 1982: Queen fends off bedroom intruder

10 July

Top Story 1940: Luftwaffe launches Battle of Britain

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