1974 Miners returned to work after a 16-week dispute which led to a 30 per cent pay increase. 1961 Entertainer George Formby died after suffering a heart attack.1987 Almost 200 people were killed when the cross-channel ferry The Herald of Free Enterprise
1974 Miners returned to work after a 16-week dispute which led to a 30 per cent pay increase. 1961 Entertainer George Formby died after suffering a heart attack.1987 Almost 200 people were killed when the cross-channel ferry The Herald of Free Enterprise capsized outside the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
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