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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
MTV turns 30
It is 30 years since the launch of the first 24 hour music TV channel
Peace Activist Samantha Smith
A child dreams of world peace and writes a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union
Bologna bomb
In August 1980 a huge bomb destroyed much of Bologna railway station in Italy
The Voyage of the Kon-Tiki
In 1947 a Norwegian adventurer sailed across the Pacific on a wooden raft
Exodus of Asians from Uganda
In 1972 the dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians had 90 days to leave Uganda
Britain's first nudist beach
In August 1979 the seaside town of Brighton decided to open a nudist beach
Wayne Gretzky
He was a Canadian sporting superstar but in 1988 he was sold to an American team
Expulsion of the Chagos Islanders
A Chagos Islander talks of Britain's expulsion of his people from their homeland.
Napster
It is 10 years since the closure of the world's first music-sharing website - Napster
The Building of the Berlin Wall
On 13 August 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers began the Berlin Wall
The Goons
It is 60 years since The Goon Show first hit the airwaves
