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VE Day
VE Day saw Londoners celebrate the end of the Second World War in Europe.
The liberation of the Channel Islands
The only part of the British Isles to be occupied during WW2 was liberated in May 1945
The first 24-hour children's helpline
When a free helpline for kids was set up it showed just how widespread child abuse was
Fighting for the pill in Japan
It took until 1999 for Japanese women to be allowed to take the contraceptive pill.
Confessions of a Prince
How Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands broke his silence to reveal a love child
Sweden's fishy submarine scare
Could farting fish have triggered Sweden's Cold War submarine hunts?
The Miami riots
After four white policemen were acquitted of killing a black man - Miami rioted in 1980
Kowloon Walled City
How Hong Kong’s city within a city was torn down in 1993.
The first 3D printer
The creator of the 3D printer had no idea how revolutionary this technology might become.
Explaining autism
One scientist's ground-breaking work that revolutionised our understanding of autism
Britain's World War Two crime wave
How criminals from looters to con artists thrived in London during the Blitz.
The book that changed the way we eat
The book that highlighted the health and environmental benefits of a plant based diet
Risking my life to protect Congo's forest
How a conservationist tried to protect Congo's rainforest during the country's civil war.
The Gwangju massacre
The South Korean army crushed a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju on 27 May 1980
Winston Churchill's doctor
Winston Churchill's personal doctor published his memories of the British leader in 1966
Ann Lowe - African American fashion designer
Ann Lowe designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress but for years few people knew her name
The start of eco-tourism
How Costa Rica's Monteverde cloud forest reserve became a major tourist site
The Zanzibar Revolution
Just one month after gaining independence there was an uprising in Zanzibar in 1964.
How Christo wrapped the Reichstag
The artist who delighted post-Cold War Berlin by wrapping its greatest monument
The origin of the WHO
How the cold war helped shape the creation of the WHO and what role China played.
The portable defibrillator
How Northern Irish doctor Frank Pantridge revolutionised heart-attack treatment.
Brown v the Board of Education
A landmark case about racial segregation in the USA.
The 16th Street church bombing
Four young black girls were killed in a racist attack on a church in Alabama in 1963
Black basketball pioneers - Texas Western
How an all-black college team overturned racist assumptions about basketball in the USA
Rodney King and the LA riots
People rioted in Los Angeles after police who had assaulted a black man were acquitted
Three Strikes Law
One man's experience of the controversial US law that saw thousands locked up for life
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and the Five Stages of Grief
The remarkable Swiss psychiatrist who changed the way we think about dying.
Beethoven's role in China's Cultural Revolution
Chairman Mao banned all classical music in 1966, but some musicians defied the order.
Sex trafficking and peacekeepers
Whistle-blowers implicated UN peacekeepers in sex trafficking in Bosnia in the late 90s
The friendship train
The enger train service between India and Bangladesh was resumed after 43 years.
The ‘Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes’ anti-racist exercise
A teacher decided to separate pupils according to eye colour to teach them about racism.
