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A communist in the US
On 9 February 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy began his hunt for communists in the US
The Docklands bomb
On 9 February 1996, a bomb exploded in London bringing an IRA ceasefire to an end
Shot down in Iraq
It is 20 years since international forces united to drive Iraq out of Kuwait
Duvalier flees Haiti
Twenty-five years ago today, the President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country
Sarajevo marketplace massacre
On February 5 1994 there was an attack on a marketplace in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo
Revolution in Iran
The first week of February 1979 saw a revolution unfolding in Iran
Death of Sid Vicious
The last days of punk icon, Sid Vicious, in New York in 1979
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins
A simple non-violent action to protest against racial segregation in restaurants and shops
The North Sea Flood
On the last day of January 1953 high tides and storms brought a huge flood to Holland.
The siege of Leningrad
Hundreds of thousands of civilians died of starvation during the siege of Leningrad.
