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Victory in Europe Day
On May 8 1945, Winston Churchill announced the end of the war in Europe.
Ulrike Meinhof
In May 1976 the German left-wing extremist Ulrike Meinhof killed herself in prison
Italian Bombing of Libya - 1911
The letters of an Italian pilot reveal how he carried out the first air raid in history
The death of President Tito
President Tito of Yugoslavia was one of the great characters of post-war Europe
Peter the Wild Boy
Nearly 300 years ago a feral child was brought to the court of King George I in London.
Easter Rising in Ireland
Eye-witness s of the Irish rebellion against British rule at Easter 1916.
The fall of Berlin
The Red Army took control of the German capital Berlin, in May 1945
The Irish pirate Queen
Over 400 years ago an Irish woman pirate met Queen Elizabeth I
Crimean Tatars
In May 1944 the Tatar people of Crimea were forced into exile by the Soviet army
Leopold and Loeb
In May 1924 two rich and educated teenage boys killed an acquaintance in Chicago
The Irish Contraceptive Train
A group of women challenged a ban on contraception and took a train to get them
Manchester United 1968
In May 1968 Manchester United Football club won its first European cup
Chanel No. 5
In 1921 the most famous perfume ever, was launched in
Mariel Boatlift from Cuba
Mass exodus: how 125,000 Cubans left the island from Mariel harbour in 1980
Amnesty at 50
It is half a century since the launch of the human rights group Amnesty International
Pakistan nuclear test
It is 13 years since Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon
Assassination of Trujillo
It is 50 years since the assassination of Rafael Trujillo - Dominican Republic dictator
Attack at Lod Airport
It is almost 40 years since an attack at the airport outside Tel Aviv
The Massacre of Baghdad's Jews
The story of the massacre 70 years ago that led to the exodus of Baghdad's Jews
Retreat from Dunkirk
One soldier's frank of his chaotic World War Two retreat from Dunkirk
The early days of HIV/Aids
The experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus
World's First Environment Conference
The man who first coralled the international community to hold an environment summit
Imprisonment in Syria
As tensions in Syria worsen, we talk to a man who was jailed for opposing the Assad regime
Attack on the Osirak reactor
It is 30 years since Israeli war planes destroyed a nuclear reactor in Iraq
Mixed race marriage victory in US
How Mildred and Richard Loving fought to get mixed-race marriages legalised across the US
Italian internees
When Italy ed WW2 in June 1940, British-Italian men were rounded up and interned
OJ Simpson car chase
The LAPD detective who spoke to OJ Simpson as he was chased through Los Angeles in 1994
Newspaper Editor Rachel Beer
The story of the rise and fall of the first ever female editor of a British newspaper
East German Uprising
In June 1953 East German workers went on strike in protest at Soviet rule
Nureyev defects to the West
On 16 June 1961 the great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev cut his ties with the Soviet Union
Rape of Nanjing
How the Japanese army went on the rampage in the Chinese city of Nanjing in 1937
