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7 Apr 1999: US claims 鈥榖anana war鈥� victory

EU found to have broken trade rules in giving preferential treatment to former colonies.

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8 Apr 1986: Eastwood voted mayor by landslide

Residents of Carmel-by-the-sea make the 鈥楧irty Harry鈥� star鈥檚 day.

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9 Apr 2003: Saddam statue topples with Iraq鈥檚 regime

Iraqis tear down symbols of their former leader as US tanks roll into Baghdad.

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10 Apr 1998: Northern Ireland peace deal reached

Political leaders of the UK and Ireland shake hands on an historic agreement.

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11 Apr 1981: Brixton ablaze after riot

Racial tensions erupt into violence over three days of rioting.

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12 Apr 1961: Soviets win space race

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.

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13 Apr 1964: Poitier breaks new ground with Oscar win

He becomes the first black actor to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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14 Apr 1970: Critical explosion onboard Apollo 13

The craft鈥檚 main power supply is cut, with oxygen and water reserves critically low.

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15 Apr 1912: RMS Titanic sinks

Survivor Frank Prentice: 鈥榊ou lie in bed at night, the whole thing comes round again.鈥�

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16 Apr 1964: 鈥楪reat Train Robbers鈥� get 300 years

12 men receive some of the longest sentences in UK criminal history for 拢2.6m robbery.

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17 Apr 1986: British journalist McCarthy taken hostage

John McCarthy is abducted on his way out of war-torn Beirut.

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18 Apr 1955: Albert Einstein dies

Dr Albert Einstein, the mind behind the theory of relativity, dies aged 76.

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19 Apr 1993: Waco cult siege ends with inferno

Fires break out at the besieged headquarters of the Branch Davidian sect near Waco, Texas

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20 April 1999: Columbine mass shooting

13 people killed and more than 20 injured by two armed high school students in Colorado.

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21 April 2016: Prince dies at Paisley Park home

The Purple Rain singer collapses at his home in Minnesota.

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22 Apr 1969: Knox-Johnston sails around the world

The British sailor achieves the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.

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23 Apr 1968: Decimal coins reach the high street

New coins make their way into UK purses to replace pounds, shillings and pence by 1971.

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24 Apr 1990: Hubble Telescope takes off for space

Nasa launches the world鈥檚 first space-based optical telescope from Cape Canaveral.

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25 Apr 1953: Scientists describe 'secret of life'

Cambridge University scientists discover the double helix structure of DNA.

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26 Apr 1975: Labour votes to leave the EEC

Party members vote by almost 2-1 to leave the European Economic Community.

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27 Apr 1992: Betty Boothroyd elected new Speaker

鈥楨lect me for what I am, and not for what I was born.鈥�

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28 Apr 1993: Sega鈥檚 Night Trap raises moral panic

MP Dame Jill Night says these games teach children 鈥檛o maim, to murder and to mutilate.鈥�

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29 Apr 1993: Queen to open Palace doors

The public can visit inside of Buckingham Palace for the first time for a fee of 拢8.

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30 Apr 1952: Anne Frank diary published in English

鈥業n a certain way, through her diary, she is living on in many hearts,鈥� says Otto Frank.

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