This week in history: 8 -14 February
The week when Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison, Iran passed a death sentence on Salman Rushdie, Haitian president Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier was overthrown, thieves kidnapped race horse Shergar and demanded a £2m ransom, and Queen Elizabeth II took the Royal Oath following the death of her father King George VI.