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Source: BBC News "On This Day"

Roundup

May 13, 2006

13 May -- On This Day [multiple clips]

Video and audio from the BBC news archive, WWII and 1950-2004, include 1981: Thousands see Pope shot in Rome; 1989: British war hero 'seized' in Beirut; 1968: Workers join Paris student protest; 1995: British woman conquers Everest; 1977: Cricket captain sacked over 'circus'.

Read entire article at BBC News "On This Day"