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 * 12 October 1978: The worst industrial accident in Singapore, the Spyros disaster, occurs, killing 76 people.
 * 25 October 2007: Singapore Airlines makes the world's first commercial flight via the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet.
 * 31 October 1971: The last British military forces withdraw from Singapore.
 * 31 October 1981: Opposition MP Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam is elected into Parliament, breaking a 16-year monopoly of the House by the People's Action Party.
 * 31 October 2000: Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes during take-off in Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, killing 83 people.

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