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Death in the Boxing Ring
In November 1982, the boxer Deuk-Koo Kim died of brain damage after a world title fight.
Making Doctor Who
On 23 November 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who was shown.
Birmingham Pub Bombings
In 1974, bombs exploded at two busy pubs in Birmingham, killing 21 - the IRA were blamed
The Execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni rights activists were executed in Nigeria
Lee Harvey Oswald in the USSR
Before he shot President Kennedy, Oswald spent two and a half mysterious years in Minsk
The Jonestown Massacre
In November 1978 an American cult leader ordered more than 900 people to kill themselves.
Yemen Civil War
Red Cross doctors tried to help casualties from both sides in Yemen in the 1960s.
Baby Fae and the Baboon Heart Transplant
In 1984 doctors in California tried a revolutionary operation on a two-week-old baby.
Death in the Boxing Ring
In 1982, the boxer Deuk-Koo Kim died of brain damage after a world title fight
Dustbowl Storms in the US
In November 1933, one of the first big dust-storms hit central United States
