| Year | Item | Detail |
|---|
| 1994 |
Boris Yeltsin oversleeps |
Russian president Boris Yeltsin oversleeps and misses a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds. |
| 1993 |
Earthquake hits India killing 22,000 |
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hits the Indian state of Maharashtra killing 20,000 people. |
| 1988 |
Killing of IRA members was legal |
A court in Gibraltar rules that the killing of three unarmed members of the IRA by British soldiers was legal. |
| 1955 |
James Dean killed in car crash |
American film actor James Dean is killed in a head on car crash in California. |
| 1949 |
Cold War - Berlin airlift finishes |
After 15 months and 250,000 flights the Berlin airlift officially ends. |
| 1938 |
Neville Chamberlain - Peace in our Time |
British prime minister Neville Chamberlain returns to the UK and announces that the Munich agreement brings "Peace in our Time". |
| 1900 |
Lord Roberts advises that Boer War is over |
Lord Roberts has assured London that the Boer War is over, resistance has been reduced to scattered bands of Boers attacking and de-railing trains |
| 1888 |
Jack the Ripper's third victim |
The body of Elizabeth Stride is discovered at 1:00 am with a single incision on the neck. |
| 1888 |
Jack the Ripper's fourth victim |
The body of Catherine Eddowes is discovered with her throat cut and abdomen mutilated. |
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