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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
Australian evacuee
During WWII British children were sent away from the cities to escape German bombs
The Voyage of the Empire Windrush
The story of the coming of the first West Indian migrants to Britain, back in 1948
Operation Barbarossa
An eyewitness of the launch of Nazi 's attack on the Soviet Union
Fermat's Last Theorem
Andrew Wiles on solving the problem which had intrigued mathematicians for centuries
Montserrat volcano
In June 1997 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat
President Kennedy's Visit to Ireland
President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963
Elian Gonzalez
The six-year-old boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana
Secret war in Yemen
In the 1960s, British mercenaries ed the fighting in Yemen's civil war
Camaron - Flamenco Legend
How a gypsy singer called Camaron de la Isla revolutionised the world of flamenco
Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
In 1975 he became the first African-American man to win the tennis tournament.
Ron Kovic - Ex US Marine and peace activist
How ex-US Marine Ron Kovic became a peace activist after being paralysed in Vietnam
Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the USA
In 1985 the Royal couple made their first t visit to America
