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serial killer Fred West charfed with 12 murders, has been found hanged in his prison cell , it is believed to have been suicide. Fred West is best known for the gruesome murders and brutal sexual assaults in 1960's and 1970's England. Fred West hanged himself in Winston Green prison in Birmingham, on New Years Day. He faced two further charges of murdering his ex wife and a baby-sitter and burying them in fields near his former home. Police believe that Fred probably killed more women.
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Marion Barry is sworn in as mayor of Washington DC, four years after leaving office to serve a six-month sentence for drug possession.
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John Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72
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- María Isabel, Spanish singer
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- Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed
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A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
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Larry Grayson, British entertainer (Generation Game), dies at 65 or 71
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- Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
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Ecuador & Peru involve in boundary fight
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Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao (1957), dies
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DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
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Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
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America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
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- Alexander Gibson, Brit conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68
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Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61
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- William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83
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- Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
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- Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia
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Gene MacLellan, Canadian composer and singer
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- Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar
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52th Golden Globes: Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange
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Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed
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Michael Whalley Wickham, artist, dies at 91
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Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at 60
