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16 January
1979 The Shah of Iran flees the country
following months of increasingly
violent protests against his regime.
1981 Northern Ireland civil rights
campaigner, Bernadette McAliskey, is
shot by gunmen at her home.
1970 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi takes
control of Libya four months after
leading a bloodless coup against the
monarchy.
2001 Fears of an ecological disaster
after an oil tanker runs aground in the
Galapagos Islands.
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