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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
Piper Alpha
We hear from a survivor from the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster that killed 167 people
Bradford riots
It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England
The space shuttle
It is more than 30 years since the launch of the first space shuttle
Boycott of The Sun newspaper
How the people of Liverpool boycotted Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in the UK
The Srebrenica massacre
In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica
Battle of Britain
A Battle of Britain pilot reflects on being shot down and almost drowning in the sea
The Crusaders capture Jerusalem
The tale of the momentous and bloody capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099
The opening of Disneyland
In July 1955 the first ever Disney theme park was opened in California
The death of Tom Simpson
In July 1967 British cyclist Tom Simpson, rode himself to death on the Tour de
Rupert Murdoch, the early years
Rupert Murdoch's career in the media began in the Australian town of Adelaide in the 1950s
The Genoa riots of 2001
It is 10 years since protests against a G8 summit turned violent on the streets of Genoa
Libyan prison massacre
In 1996 over a thousand prisoners were killed at a jail in Tripoli
Moroccan exodus
In 1961 hundreds of Jewish children were smuggled from Morocco to Israel
The Kitchen Debate
In July 1959, two Cold War leaders argued over whose system was best
Telstar
Fifty years since the first transatlantic broadcast
Christian the Lion
The story of two Australians who berfriended a lion in London, and freed him in Africa
Picasso
Sixty years ago a young art historian got to know the greatest painter in the world
The Shipbuilders' Clydeside "Work-In"
How Scottish workers took over their shipyards and warded off the threat of closure
