25 years ago: More than 2,500 residents in Wibsey signed a petition against a proposed road safety scheme, which they claimed would cut the village in two.
50 years ago: Restrictions on the movement and marketing of livestock in areas infected by foot-and-mouth disease around Wilsden were withdrawn.
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1933: The Reichstag building in Berlin was burned down – a ploy by the Nazis to suspend civil rights and press freedom.
1991: The Gulf War ended after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait was liberated.
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