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cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="/web/20100729061810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2494000/2494949.stm"><img src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39283000/jpg/_39283253_stairs_238.jpg" align="left" width="238" height="178" alt="Charles and Diana walk down the steps of St Paul's Cathedral" border="0" hspace="0"></a></td> <td><img src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="5" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top"> <font size="2"><a href="/web/20100729061810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2494000/2494949.stm"><span class="h1">1981: Charles and Diana marry</span></a><br> <p> Thousands line the streets of London to glimpse Prince Charles and Lady Diana on their wedding day.<br clear="ALL"></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <img alt="" vspace="7" src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/cccccc.gif" width="486" 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clear="ALL"></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <img alt="" vspace="7" src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/cccccc.gif" width="486" height="1"><br> <div class="bodytext"> <table width="486" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="/web/20100729061810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2493000/2493451.stm"><img src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38568000/jpg/_38568891_lawrence88.jpg" align="left" width="88" height="65" alt="Stephen Lawrence" border="0" hspace="0"></a></td> <td><img src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="5" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top"> <font size="2"><a href="/web/20100729061810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2493000/2493451.stm"><span class="h1">1993: Lawrence murder suspects freed</span></a><br> Charges are dropped against two youths accused of murdering black teenager Stephen Lawrence.<br clear="ALL"></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <img alt="" vspace="7" src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/cccccc.gif" width="486" height="1"><br> <div class="bodytext"> <table width="486" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="/web/20100729061810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2493000/2493483.stm"><img src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38568000/jpg/_38568705_southend88.jpg" align="left" width="88" height="65" alt="Photograph of Southend Pier on fire" border="0" hspace="0"></a></td> <td><img src="/web/20100729061810im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="5" height="1" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top"> <font size="2"><a href="/web/20100729061810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2493000/2493483.stm"><span class="h1">1976: Fire engulfs Southend Pier</span></a><br> Fire has destroyed the famous pierhead at the 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