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Missing Plane Mystery

Missing plane mystery solved 53 years after its disappearance; the conviction of euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian; Soviet Union's first democratic elections; Maori no.1 hit tune.

The British passenger plane Star Dust disappeared in 1947 in a mystery which wouldn't be solved for another 53 years. Plus, euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian's conviction after helping over 130 people to die; the discovery of the Ebola virus; the USSR's first democratic elections; and the Maori song which made history by going to number 1 in the charts.

(Photo: A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian aircraft. Credit: BA Speedbird Heritage Centre)

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Sat 29 Mar 2014 22:06GMT
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