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Source: BBC News "On This Day"

Roundup

5-15-06

16 May -- On This Day [multiple clips]

Video and audio from the BBC news archive for WWII and 1950-2004 include 1943: Germans crush Jewish uprising; 1974: Dozens die as Israel retaliates for Ma'alot; 1985: Miners jailed for pit strike murder; 1968: Three die as tower block collapses; 1990: Gummer enlists daughter in BSE fight.

Read entire article at BBC News "On This Day"