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Algeria emergency
How Algeria's experiement with democracy ended in civil war and a state of emergency.
The Lindbergh kidnapping
On 1 March 1932, the baby son of one of the most famous men in America went missing
Dolly the Sheep
What was the first cloned mammal like and why did she die young?
The death of Captain Cook
In February 1779 the British seafarer Captain Cook was beaten to death in Hawaii
Fall of Singapore
The British colony of Singapore fell to Japanese forces on this day in 1942
Assassination of Rafik Hariri
On February 14 2005, Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri was assassinated
The death of Pushkin
In February 1837 the great Russian poet - Alexander Pushkin died
A communist in the US
On 9 February 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy began his hunt for communists in the US
The Docklands bomb
On 9 February 1996, a bomb exploded in London bringing an IRA ceasefire to an end
Shot down in Iraq
It is 20 years since international forces united to drive Iraq out of Kuwait
