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30 Dec 1986: No more canaries in a coal mine

Avian gas detectors are swapped out for electronic equivalents.

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31 Dec 1999: Putin Presidency begins in Russia

Boris Yeltsin resigns in a shock live television announcement.

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1 Jan 1973: UK joins the European Economic Community

Tally of nine member states after The UK, Ireland and Denmark join.

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2 Jan 1981: Yorkshire Ripper arrested

More than 2,000 people gather in furious crowds as Peter Sutcliffe appears in court.

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3 Jan 1993: US and Russia to halve nuclear warheads

Russian President Boris Yeltsin calls it 'a treaty of hope'.

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4 Jan 2000: First British women to reach the South Pole

‘We’re totally elated because we’re only ordinary people.’

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5 Jan 2001: Shipman ‘may have killed hundreds’

A report reveals the former GP may be the most prolific serial killer in UK history.

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6 Jan 1983: Danish trawler raids British fishing grounds

The Royal Navy arrests Captain Kent Kirk in the first confrontation of the new fish war.

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7 Jan 1999: US Senate begins Clinton impeachment trial

Senators meet for the second presidential impeachment trial in US history.

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8 Jan 1940: Rationing is introduced in the UK

Four months after the outbreak of World War Two, butter, sugar and bacon are restricted.

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9 Jan 1957: Sir Anthony Eden resigns

Conservative Prime Minister quits on health grounds.

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10 Jan 2016: David Bowie dies

Iconic shapeshifting singer dies at 69 from cancer

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11 Jan 1973: First Open Uni graduates

A thousand students get their degrees after studying from home.

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12 Jan 2001: Eriksson becomes England boss

Swede Sven Goran Eriksson is first non-English manager of the Three Lions

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13 Jan 2012: Costa Concordia sinks

Cruise ship runs aground near the island of Giglio

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14 Jan 2011: Tunisian revolution sees President flee

Weeks of protest herald beginning of Arab Spring

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15 Jan 2009: Miracle on the Hudson

No fatalities after plane crash-lands into New York’s Hudson river.

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16 Jan 1979: Iranian Shah flees into exile

The last Persian monarch leaves for Egypt amidst violent protests.

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17 Jan 1991: ‘Mother of all Battles’ begins

American, British, French, Saudi and Kuwaiti forces join in Operation Desert Storm.

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18 Jan 1996: Green groups join bypass battle

Activists disrupt bypass construction in the UK’s most notorious road protest campaign.

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19 Jan 1966: Indira Gandhi takes charge in India

The only daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru becomes India’s first woman prime minister.

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20 Jan 1987: Police crack down on soccer hooligans

More than 25 arrests are made in a series of dawn raids across England.

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21 Jan 1976: Concorde makes its first commercial flights

Passengers reach their destination travelling at twice the speed of sound.

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22 Jan 1979: Massive Public sector strike across the UK

Public service unions hold the biggest mass stoppage in more than 50 years.

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23 Jan 1973: Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal

Peace treaty heralds the end of US involvement in the Vietnam War.

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24 Jan 1965: Sir Winston Churchill dies

The World War Two-era prime minister dies aged 90.

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25 Jan 1999: Olympic officials face expulsion for bribery

An inquiry exposes corruption in the bid to host the 2002 Winter Games.

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26 Jan 1950: India becomes a republic

The independent republic is born after nearly 100 years of British rule.

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27 Jan 1969: Students seize control of LSE buildings

Occupying students protest the closure of the London School of Economics.

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28 Jan 1986: Seven dead in space shuttle disaster

Challenger explodes just over a minute into its flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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