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1943: Germans surrender at Stalingrad
The half-starved remnants of the German 6th Army give themselves up after five months of bloody fighting for Stalingrad ends in defeat.

1990: De Klerk dismantles apartheid in South Africa
The President of South Africa lifts the 30-year ban on leading anti-apartheid group the African National Congress.

1987: Peace envoy imprisoned in Beirut
Reports from Lebanon say Church of England envoy Terry Waite has been kidnapped by an Islamic militia group.

1979: Sid Vicious dies from drugs overdose
Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose in New York.

1972: British embassy in Dublin destroyed
Angry demonstrators burn the British Embassy in Dublin to the ground in protest at the shooting dead of 13 people in Londonderry on Sunday.

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30 January
Top Story: 1972: Army kills 13 in civil rights protest

31 January
Top Story: 2000: Life for serial killer Shipman

1 February
Top Story: 2003: Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven

3 February
Top Story: 1959: Buddy Holly killed in air crash

4 February
Top Story: 1974: Soldiers and children killed in coach bombing

5 February
Top Story: 1994: Market massacre in Sarajevo

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