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Steven Berkoff is born
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World War II Begins
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D-Day
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Hitler Commits Suicide and Germans Surrender
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The Big Bang Theory is formulated
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NATO established
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Princess Elizabeth crowned as Queen
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McDonalds is founded
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Disneyland Opened
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James Dean dies in a car accident
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus
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Brecht dies
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Space Race begins
Sputnik launches the space race -
NASA is founded
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Coronation Street first aired
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Berlin Wall Built
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First person killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall- Gunter Liftin
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Marilyn Monroe dies
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Matin Luther King "I had a dream" speech
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England win World Cup
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Australian Prime Minister- Harold Holt- disappears
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Neill Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon
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The Beatles break up
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Munich Massacre at the Olympics
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U.S. pulls out of Vietnam War
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Microsoft Founded
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Elvis Presley found dead
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Margaret Thatcher becomes first female Prime Minister of Engand
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Mother Theresa wins Nobel Peace Prize
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The Falkland Islands are invaded
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E.T. released
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Metamorphosis aired as a TV film on BBC
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Laurence Olivier dies (one of Berkoffs influences)
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Berlin Wall Demolished
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Mandela freed from life imprisonment
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Mandela voted President of South Africa
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Sean Reilly is born
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Friends is aired
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Frankie Chilvers is born
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Princess Diana dies in Paris
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9/11 bombings
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Iraq War starts- causes global protests.
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McFLY formed
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Facebook is created by Mark Zuckerburg
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Tsunami in Asia
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7/7 bombings in London
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Barack Obama becomes first black American President
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Osama Bin Laden announced dead
