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Roman Empire

The Fall of Rome: How Empires End

A story of internal decay, barbarian invasions, and the end of the Western Roman Empire.

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2008
A taxi driver is murdered in Bangkok by a teenager addicted to video games leading to the Thai government banning the sale of Grand Theft Auto.
2007
Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of the Chilean secret police, was captured in Viña del Mar after having been on the run following a kidnapping conviction.
1986
The animated film Castle in the Sky, the first from Studio Ghibli, was released.
1973
A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.
1971
The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.
1947
Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

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