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The world’s 1st test-tube baby is born
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Rioters sack the British Embassy in Terhan
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Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s 1st female prime minister
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John Lennon murdered in New York
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IBM launches the 1st personal computer
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The 1st British cell phone goes on sale
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Chernobyl nuclear disaster
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Work on the channel tunnel begins
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The Soviet Union begins Perestroika
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The Berlin Wall falls
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The Gulf War began
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Robert Caillian publishes a “Hypertext Project” called World Wide Web
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The Maastricht Treaty is signed forming the EU
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Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s 1st black president
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Barings Bank collapses after Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion
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Boris Yeltsin emerges as the winner in Russia's first round of presidential elections
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Britain hands over sovereignty of Hong Kong to China
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The twin towers were destroyed by terrorist attacks
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War begins in Afghanistan
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Tsunami in the Indian Ocean
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Obama becomes the 1st African American president
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Chilean Miners trapped and rescued after 69 days
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England retain The Ashes
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Prince William marries Kate Middleton