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Tony Parker, British oral historian, died this day aged73. Tony Parker (25 June 1923 – 3 October 1996) was an oral historian.
On this day, Denis Frank Owen, British ecologist and natural historian and Thomas Rees, British botanist, died
Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Parker was a conscientious objector during the Second World War and was directed to work in a coal mine.
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Lawyer and politician John Taylor is made , the first black Conservative peer.
Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima Airport, resulting in the tragic loss of all 70 people on board
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US President Bill Clinton.
John Howard's Australian government starts a gun buy back scheme.
Patrick McGeown, Irish IRA member and hunger striker, dies at 40.
This as I booked places on the Spar Retail Conference in Blackpool.
A significant diplomatic meeting took place in Washington DC, where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US President Bill Clinton to discuss potential peace negotiations in the Middle East.
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