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25 Mar
1950: Ski jumpers soar over Hampstead Heath
01 Apr
1957: BBC fools the nation
20 May
1958: High Wycombe weighs new mayor
23 Feb
1963: Shocking wardens could be legal
07 Mar
1965: Goldie the eagle evades capture again
24 Aug
1967: Penguins cool off in heat wave
04 Jun
1968: Dover begins bird purge
25 Aug
1974: Human cannonball misses target
10 Jun
1977: Killer perch outwitted by electric rod
07 Oct
1977: Invasion of Swedish identical twins
09 Aug
1979: Brighton bares all
13 Sep
1980: Missing Scottish bear is found
07 Dec
1983: Tomcat halts steeplejack
11 Oct
1987: Search ends for Loch Ness monster
30 Jul
1991: Pavarotti sings in the British rain
09 Oct
1991: Sumos size up Royal Albert Hall
10 Oct
1999: Millennium Wheel edges upwards
10 Jun
2000: Swaying Millennium Bridge closed
19 Oct
2003: David Blaine ends glass box stunt
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