The story of our times told by the people who were there.
The story of a young haemophiliac who was banned from school after testing HIV positive.
The pill meant reliable, convenient family planning - and sexual freedom
The story of the Bermuda Triangle began when five US Navy planes went missing in 1945.
It is 70 years since Japanese planes attacked the US Navy base in Hawaii.
It is 10 years since the height of the financial crisis in Argentina.
In December 1981 hundreds of peasants were killed by the army in El Salvador.
We take you back to the beginnings of the European project.
Twenty years ago the leader of Panama Manuel Noriega, was removed from power by the USA.
The ANC party took its first violent action in 1961, a bomb at municipal offices in Durban
In December 1986 Kazakhs began protesting against Moscow's rule.
An inside account of the moment Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Christmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
Christmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
In 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
How the world's best known evangelist began preaching internationally.
On Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
She was one of Germany's greatest battleships during World War II.
In December 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow.
The difficult relationship between the BBC and the children's writer, Enid Blyton.
One of the most popular computer games ever was invented in Moscow in 1984
All US troops have now left Iraq. We take you back to when they first invaded in 2003.
