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Singapore executes Filipina maid
The execution of Flor Contemplacion caused a crisis between the Philippines and Singapore
World War II victory in North Africa
It is 80 years since the Allies in World War II declared victory in North Africa
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 鈥業ndian Titanic鈥�
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鈥檚 former King Simeon II won the country鈥檚 parliamentary election
The 'execution' of Oliver Cromwell
In 1661 in England, the body of Oliver Cromwell was dug up for ritual execution
Jean-B茅del Bokassa's coronation
Jean-B茅del Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in 1977
