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Three Mile Island
In March 1979, the US suffered its worst nuclear accident
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War in East Pakistan
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Bungee jumping
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Poll tax riots
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Jackie Robinson
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Yuri Gagarin
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Windscale - Britain's worst nuclear accident
In 1957 a nuclear reactor in the north of England caught fire
The Hama massacre 1982
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Waco siege
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Gandhi's Salt March protest
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The Hitler diaries hoax
In 1983 a German magazine believed it had found Hitler's wartime diary.
The bombing of Guernica
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Rock against Racism 1978
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