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Back to SearchThe Milltown Cemetery attack
On 16 March 1988, loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone killed three mourners and injured 60 others attending a funeral for IRA members killed in Gibra…
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The launch of Windows 95
In August 1995, Microsoft released a new operating system - Windows 95 – following one of the computer industry’s biggest and most expensive marketin…
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Replacing the Panchen Lama
On 29 November 1995, Tibetan Buddhist leaders attended a secret ceremony in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. They were present to witness the choice of th…
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The murder of Maurizio Gucci
On 27 March 1995, fashion heir Maurizio Gucci was shot dead outside his office in Milan, Italy.
Five people, including his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani,…
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Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
In 1995, an obscure Japanese religion launched a chemical attack on the Tokyo metro.
Members of the doomsday cult, which called itself Aum Shinrikyo,…
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Hunting the Unabomber
During a 17-year bombing campaign, an elusive terrorist known as the Unabomber killed three and injured 23 Americans.
In 1995, he contacted The New Yo…
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Drum: Africa’s revolutionary magazine
Drum was considered to be the first African lifestyle magazine with a readership of 40,000 in its 1950s heyday. It was first printed in South Africa …
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'I wrote Schindler's List'
In 1980, Australian author Thomas Keneally stumbled across the story of Oskar Schindler while buying a briefcase in Beverly Hills, in the USA.
The own…
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Kobe earthquake
On 17 January 1995, an earthquake devastated the port city of Kobe, in west Japan.
More than 6,000 people died and around 300,000 people were left hom…
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Confronting Betty Ford’s addiction
In 1978, former first lady of the United States, Betty Ford, announced that she had an addiction to alcohol and prescription medication, and would be…
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