• 2005

    In Britain, Tony Blair becomes the longest serving Labour prime minister.

  • 2001

    Ariel Sharon is elected prime minister of Israel.

  • 1983

    Nazi fugitive Klaus Barbie is put on trial in France for crimes against humanity.
     

 

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