The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
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12th April 1945: Harry Truman becomes president of the USA
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10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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