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8:41am Thursday 8th May 2008

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1429 - Joan of Arc defeated the English Army at Orleans.

1933 - The first execution by gas chamber took place, in Nevada.

1945 - Great Britain celebrated VE Day.

1984 - The Thames Barrier was officially opened.

2001 - The Angel of the South was burned down by an arsonist - but the artist responsible for the landmark in Somerset said he would rebuild it.

2001 - A New York hunter who shot two hikers claimed he had mistaken them for turkeys.

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