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Eta’s assassination of Juan Mari Jáuregui
On 29 July 2000, Basque separatists Eta killed the retired Spanish politician

The Russian revolutionaries nearly stranded in London
In 1907, a crucial congress in London set the direction of the Russian revolution.

A Chorus Line
Broadway hit A Chorus Line premieres in 1975

The invention of Kevlar
In 1965, a new fibre was discovered by scientist Stephanie Kwolek

President Clinton plays the sax in Prague
In January 1994, two presidents jammed together on stage in a Prague jazz club

The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
On 22 July 2005, an unarmed Brazilian man was shot dead by police in London

Irawati Karve: India’s groundbreaking anthropologist
Irawati Karve became India’s first female anthropologist

Italo disco
In 1983, Dolce Vita by Ryan Paris became one of the biggest hits for Italo disco

The 'Turbot War'
In 1995, an international row broke out between Canada and Spain over fishing quotas

Greece’s debt crisis
On 6 July 2015, the Greek people decisively rejected the terms of a financial bailout