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Dates to celebrate or remember!
2006
November
10
· 11 years since execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Nigerian Government.
25
· 17 years since Birmingham bombing led to wrongful arrest. See Six Irishmen accused of girl's murder (Guardian, 24 Nov 2004)
December
13
69 years since the beginning of the Nanjing Massacre, when 300,000 Chinese civilians were killed by invading Japanese troops.
December
26
· Third anniversary of earthquake at Bam in Iran, where around 42,000 people died. Among the survivors was Sharbanou Mazandarani.
· Second anniversary of the Indian Ocean Earthquake.
2007
January
1
· Haiti, formerly Sainte Domingue, became independent 203 years ago.
4
· 12 years since the death of Jonathan Zeitlyn.
17
· 26 years since the fire at 439 New Cross Road, South London, which led to the deaths of 14 young people. The fire, which may have been started accidentally, began in the early hours of the 18th January. Concern and anger over official complacency led to a large demonstration on Monday 2 March 1981.
30
· 47 years since first London Carnival event at St. Pancras Town Hall.
February
5
· Three years since the deaths of the Morecambe Bay 23.
11
· 17 years since Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa.
· Four years since the statement on Zimbabwe by cricketers Andy Flower and Henry Olonga Community Support: Olonga and Flower.
April
7
· 13 years since beginning of Rwanda genocide. Rwanda 1994
8
· 103 years since the signing of the Declaration of the United Kingdom and France Respecting Egypt and Morocco - an agreement between two large European empires. See Entente Cordiale anniversary
22
· 14 years since the murder of Stephen Lawrence in Well Hall Road, Greenwich. There are five suspects but no-one has yet been convicted for this crime. See The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
25
· 33 years - Change in Portugal. With popular support, the military began a revolution to overthrow the dictatorship in 1974. Soon after this, the bridge across the mouth of the river in Lisbon was renamed the Ponte Vinte-Cinco Abril. This translates as the '25th April Bridge' - the date of the revolution was 25th April 1974.
26
· 21 years since Chernobyl disaster. Up to 100,000 have died because of the explosion of this nuclear power station set up by the USSR.
June
18
· Seven years since death of 58 people at Dover, on their way from China to work in the UK. Dover 58 Memorial.
July
13
· 43 years without the death sentence in the UK. Peter Allen and John Walby were hanged in 1964. Ananova: Last hanging took place in 1964.
17
· Four years since death (assumed to be suicide) of David Kelly, specialist in weapons of mass destruction.
August
6
· 62 years since atomic bomb dropped by USA on Hiroshima.
8
· 62 years since atomic bomb dropped by USA on Nagasaki.
17
· 25 years since Ruth First was assassinated using a parcel bomb.
September
26
· Five years since Le Joola sank off Senegal. Second worst non-military maritime disaster. Le Joola.
October
19
· Six years since the sinking of the SIEV X.
25
· 24 years since the USA sent troops to Grenada to overthrow the Government. The History Guy: The invasion of Grenada
November
2
· 90 years since the Balfour Declaration. The British prime minister, Balfour, offered Zionists the chance to live in Palestine. He said that no separate state should be set up. See Balfour Declaration
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