On this day

[Whosthedaddy]

These are the news stories that occured on the same date as my birthday....

1945: US troops take Okinawa
The Japanese island of Okinawa falls to the Americans after a long and bloody battle.

1978: Four dead in post office shootings
An outbreak of shooting between Provisional IRA members and the British Army leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead.

1982: Princess Diana gives birth to boy
Diana, Princess of Wales, gives birth to a boy sixteen hours after checking in to St Mary's Hospital, in London.

1991: Anger over chairman's 66% pay rise
British Gas chairman Robert Evans is under fire for accepting a pay increase taking his annual wage to £370,000.

1968: Egg board 'should be scrapped'
The Egg Marketing Board should be scrapped and an independent authority established in its place, according to a report published today.

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On This Day
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[Katie]

1972: Army kills 13 in civil rights protest
British troops have opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the Bogside district of Londonderry, killing 13 civilians.

1965: Last farewell to Churchill
Thousands of people have paid their last respects to Britain's greatest wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill who was buried today after a full state funeral.

2003: 'Shoe bomber' jailed for life
A US judge has sentenced British-born "shoe bomber" Richard Reid to life in prison after he tried to blow up a transatlantic flight from Paris to Miami.

1991: US Marines killed at Al Khafji
Iraqi troops have seized control of a town inside the Saudi Arabian border after a fierce battle in which both sides suffered casualties.

1952: Korea truce talks hit stalemate
Truce talks aimed at ending the fighting in the Korean War remain deadlocked.

Not very cheery!
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[Dragonfly]

1950: India becomes a republic
The independent republic of India is born as the new president replaces the King as head of state and a new constitution is adopted.

1952: Britons killed in Cairo riots
Reports from Egypt say at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured in anti-British riots in Cairo.

1998: Clinton denies affair with intern
President Clinton denies allegations he had an affair with 24-year-old intern Monica Lewinsky and rejects accusations he asked her to lie on oath.

1969: Prague riots over student martyr
Police wielding truncheons and firing tear gas from pressure canisters break up a march by hundreds of demonstrators in central Prague.

1982: UK unemployment tops three million
The number of people out of work in Britain rises above three million for the first time since the 1930s.
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