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| November 5 |
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| General Dwight D Eisenhower has swept to victory in the American presidential elections with the largest number of popular votes ever recorded for a presidential candidate. |
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| November 4 |
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| Democrat Bill Clinton has won the presidential election to become the 42nd United States president and the first in US history born after World War II. |
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| November 3 |
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| Jimmy Carter has been confirmed as the next President of the United States after a closely-fought contest which gave him 51% of the popular vote. |
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| November 2 |
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| An American held hostage in Beirut by Muslim fundamentalists has been released. |
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| November 1 |
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| Outbreaks of religious violence have occurred in parts of India in the wake of yesterday's assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by Sikh members of her bodyguard. |
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| October 31 |
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| Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, has been killed by assassins in New Delhi. |
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| October 30 |
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| US President George Bush has encouraged Arabs and Israelis to "lay down the past" in his opening speech to the Middle East peace conference in Spain. |
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| October 29 |
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| The long-awaited report by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has accused leading figures from across the political spectrum of human rights violations. |
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| October 28 |
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| The world has breathed a collective sigh of relief after the superpowers reached an agreement ending the immediate threat of nuclear war. |
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| October 27 |
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| MI5 has been brought into the hunt for the missing atomic scientist Bruno Pontecorvo who has not been seen for about seven weeks. |
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| October 26 |
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| The Conservative Party has won the general election by a small majority, making Winston Churchill prime minister for the second time. |
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| October 25 |
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| The EEC is donating 5.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia. |
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| October 24 |
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| The legendary supersonic aircraft, Concorde, has landed at the end of its last commercial passenger flight, amid emotional scenes at Heathrow airport. |
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| October 23 |
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| The Northern Ireland peace process has reached an historic breakthrough as the IRA announced they had begun decommissioning their weapons. |
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| October 22 |
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| One of Britain's most notorious double-agents, George Blake, has escaped from prison in a daring break-out believed to have been masterminded by the Soviet Union. |
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| October 21 |
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| A third person has been diagnosed in the US with the most serious form of anthrax. |
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| October 20 |
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| The biggest demonstration yet against American involvement in the Vietnamese War has taken place in the town of Oakland, in California. |
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| October 19 |
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| The American illusionist David Blaine has his feet back on solid ground after ending 44 days suspended in a glass box by the River Thames in London without food. |
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| October 18 |
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| Liz Hurley has been greeted by protesters at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film Bedazzled. |
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| October 17 |
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| A powerful earthquake has rocked San Francisco killing nine people and injuring hundreds. |
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| October 16 |
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| Cardinals at the Vatican have chosen the first non-Italian Pope for more than 400 years. |
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| October 15 |
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| China has succeeded in sending its first manned spacecraft into orbit, making it only the third country ever to send a human into space. |
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| October 14 |
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| Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and two Israelis, the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, have been named the winners of this year's Nobel peace prize. |
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| October 13 |
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| Chris Chataway, the 23-year-old Oxford blue, has broken the 5,000 metres world record by five seconds in what has been described as one of the most remarkable races seen on a British track. |
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| October 12 |
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| Reports from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali say more than 50 people have been killed in two explosions. |
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| October 11 |
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| Two big earthquakes have struck the northern Algerian town of El Asnam. |
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| October 10 |
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| Thousands have assembled to watch the giant Ferris wheel move into position as the new landmark on the London skyline. |
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| October 9 |
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| The first Sumo wrestling tournament ever to be staged outside Japan in the sport's 1500 year history has begun. |
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| October 8 |
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| The film star Arnold Schwarzenegger has been elected governor of California, ousting the incumbent, Gray Davis, three years before his term was due to end. |
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| October 7 |
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| The United States has begun its military campaign, Operation Enduring Freedom, against al-Qaeda and the Taleban in Afghanistan. |
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