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Witness accounts of the events that made the news

23 December
1956: 'Laughing stock of the world' - Suez veteran
The Suez crisis brought international condemnation of Britain and France - ex-servicemen remember.

21 December
1988: Debris of a disaster
Accounts of the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing, which left 259 people dead.

22 November
1963: 'Stunned into silence' by JFK's death
Your memories of how you felt when US President John F Kennedy was assassinated.

9 November
1989: The night the Wall came down
Your memories of the jubilant scenes at the collapse of the Berlin Wall.

8 December
1980: The legend of Lennon
Your memories of former Beatle John Lennon who was murdered in New York.

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