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Witness accounts of the events that made the news
Soldiers with sinking ship in background 23 December
1956: 'Laughing stock of the world' - Suez veteran

The Suez crisis brought international condemnation of Britain and France - ex-servicemen remember.

Briefcase from the plane 21 December
1988: Debris of a disaster
Accounts of the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing, which left 259 people dead.

Lee Harvey Oswald 22 November
1963: 'Stunned into silence' by JFK's death
Your memories of how you felt when US President John F Kennedy was assassinated.

The Berlin Wall is demolished 9 November
1989: The night the Wall came down
Your memories of the jubilant scenes at the collapse of the Berlin Wall.

8 December
1980: The legend of Lennon
Your memories of former Beatle John Lennon who was murdered in New York.

Witness memories
0 Looking back
A selection of the best of your memories

Witness in pictures
0 Srebrenica Now
The town through the eyes of local people
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0 Soldiers saluting 'Plain bloody murder' - Soldier remembers the Warrenpoint massacre
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0 Nepal's turmoil
Kathmandu after the royal family massacre

In pictures
0 Challenger disintegrates seconds after launch - 28 January 1986Challenger disaster
Images that shocked the world

 
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