25 years ago: A grandmother fought a blaze at her Keighley home and then took her young granddaughter to safety.
50 years ago: Help in finding temporary office accommodation was given to two firms hit by a fierce fire which gutted the main four-storey building of Broughton Road Mills, Skipton.
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1889: The 985ft high Eiffel Tower, costing £260,000, was officially opened by French premier Tirard.
1990: An anti-poll tax demonstration ended in a riot in Trafalgar Square with looting and arson in the West End.
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