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1993: Two boys charged with toddler's murder Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool.
BBC NEWS | Americas | 9/11 third tower mystery 'solved'
2008年7月4日 · The National Institute of Standards and Technology's lead investigator, Dr Shyam Sunder, spoke to BBC Two's "The Conspiracy Files": "Our working hypothesis now actually suggests that it was normal building fires that were growing and spreading throughout the multiple floors that may have caused the ultimate collapse of the buildings."
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 1948: The State of Israel is founded
2008年5月6日 · The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948, the culmination of nearly two thousand years of hopes by Jewish people.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 18 | 1955: Albert Einstein dies - BBC News
Albert Einstein's work laid the groundwork for many modern technologies including nuclear weapons and cosmic science. After his death, Einstein's brain was removed and preserved for scientific research by Canadian scientists.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
Only Princess Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived the crash. Blood tests showed the driver, Henri Paul, had taken both drugs and a large amount of alcohol before the accident.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | The Iran-Iraq war: 25 years on
Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980, triggering a bitter eight-year war which destabilised the region and devastated both countries. The then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the invasion a territorial dispute over the Shatt al-Arab, the waterway which forms the boundary between the two countries.
BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Actor John Thaw dies
2002年2月22日 · The role that was to define Thaw's career began in 1985 when he was cast as the cerebral Inspector Morse, based on the books by Colin Dexter. When the character was finally killed off on screen in 2000 there was a sense of mourning, as 13 million people tuned in.
BBC News - Lost Jewish tribe 'found in Zimbabwe'
2010年3月8日 · They slaughter animals in the same way as Jewish people, and they put the Jewish Star of David on their tombstones. Members of the priestly clan of the Lemba, known as the Buba, were even discovered to have a genetic …
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | A brief history of punk
2002年12月23日 · Punk remained an underground scene until 1976, when two bands - The Ramones and The Sex Pistols - made the outside world take notice. Not only did they become hugely successful in their own right, but they also provided an inspiration to people who realised you did not need to be able to play an instrument to be in a band - …
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Gilgamesh tomb believed found
2003年4月29日 · Archaeologists in Iraq believe they have found the tomb of King Gilgamesh, the subject of the world's oldest "book".