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Cathy Come Home
It is 45 years since a BBC TV drama changed British ideas about homelessness.
Kim Philby the spy
How a Soviet agent managed to fool the British intelligence service for years.
Nikola Tesla
He was one of the great pioneers of electrical power.
President Sadat of Egypt visits Israel
How Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to visit Israel in 1977.
Georgia's Rose Revolution
In November 2003 a popular uprising unseated the government of Georgia.
Mobutu Sese Seko of Congo
How Mobutu Sese Seko run a kleptocratic dictatorship in Congo for 32 years.
Ned Kelly's Last Stand
How the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, was finally captured in 1880.
Thalidomide
Fifty years ago the drug thalidomide was found to cause serious damage to unborn children
Plane spotters
In November 2001 a group of British tourists were arrested and put on trial in Greece.
The Battle in Seattle
In November 1999 police battled with anti-globalisation protestors for control of Seattle.
The Winter of Discontent
In 1979 British public sector workers went on strike over pay.
Ryan White
The story of a young haemophiliac who was banned from school after testing HIV positive.
The US Embassy in Tehran
In 1979 student demonstrators attacked the American Embassy in Iran.
The Pill
The pill meant reliable, convenient family planning - and sexual freedom
The Bermuda Triangle
The story of the Bermuda Triangle began when five US Navy planes went missing in 1945.
Pearl Harbour
It is 70 years since Japanese planes attacked the US Navy base in Hawaii.
Economic crisis in Argentina
It is 10 years since the height of the financial crisis in Argentina.
The Mozote massacre
In December 1981 hundreds of peasants were killed by the army in El Salvador.
The Treaty of Rome
We take you back to the beginnings of the European project.
Manuel Noriega
Twenty years ago the leader of Panama Manuel Noriega, was removed from power by the USA.
ANC Bomb
The ANC party took its first violent action in 1961, a bomb at municipal offices in Durban
Kazakh uprising
In December 1986 Kazakhs began protesting against Moscow's rule.
Bangladesh wins independence
An inside of the moment Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Spice Girls
Christmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
The British Miners' strike
Christmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
Concert for Bangladesh
In 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
Billy Graham
How the world's best known evangelist began preaching internationally.
The Christmas Truce
On Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
The sinking of the Scharnhorst
She was one of 's greatest battleships during World War II.
The release of Sakharov
In December 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow.
Enid Blyton and the BBC
The difficult relationship between the BBC and the children's writer, Enid Blyton.
