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Warsaw Ghetto uprising
In May 1943, the uprising in the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw in Poland came to an end
The last commercial flight out of Kai Tak
In 1998, the last commercial flight left Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport
The sinking of the SS Tilawa: the ‘Indian Titanic’
Hundreds died when an passenger ship was hit by Japanese torpedoes in 1942
United States bomb the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
On 7 May 1999, US bombs damaged the embassy and relations between China and the West
The removal of Scotland's Stone of Destiny
In 1950, four young Scottish students took the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey
Last King of Bulgaria
In June 2001, Bulgaria’s former King Simeon II won the country’s parliamentary election
The 'execution' of Oliver Cromwell
In 1661 in England, the body of Oliver Cromwell was dug up for ritual execution
Jean-Bédel Bokassa's coronation
Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in 1977
The king under the car park
In 2012, the lost grave of King Richard III was found under a car park in Leicester
The fight to televise the Queen's Coronation
How Âé¶¹Éç bosses battled with the government for the right to film inside Westminster Abbey