1949 - Sweet rationing in Britain comes to an end.
1975 - The jobless total in Britain passes one million.
1993 - An IRA bomb explodes on the City of London, killing one person and causing £1 billion worth of damage.
2000 - Former paratrooper Simon Osbourne puts his feet up after running seven marathons in seven days around Britain.
2001 - It is reported that Dutch police think they have found a bear asleep in the road, but on further investigation it is found to be a drunken reveller on his way home from a fancy dress party.
2002 - Scientists warn that bread, chips and crisps contain high levels of a substance believed to cause cancer. The substance acrylamide could cause gene mutations which lead to stomach tumours.
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