The invasion of Kuwait

The invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi tanks and troops in August 1990

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Battle of Britain

An RAF pilot remembers his part in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940.

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The Kursk disaster

It's exactly 10 years since the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents sea.

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India's Partition - Part One

When India gained independence it was split into two new countries, India and Pakistan

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India's Partition - Part Two

When India gained independence it was split into two new countries - India and Pakistan

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The 1953 Iran coup

The US-backed coup which brought the Shah of Iran to power in 1953

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The death of poet Federico Garcia Lorca

Why was the great poet Lorca murdered at the start of the Spanish Civil War?

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Coup against Gorbachev

In 1991, a coup attempt against President Gorbachev hastened the end of the Soviet Union.

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Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

The Soviet Union and its allies invade Czechoslovakia and crush the Prague Spring

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The Baltic chain protest

How millions of people in the Baltic states held hands to protest against Soviet rule

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Woodstock Festival

How a trainee priest found his true vocation at the Woodstock music festival in 1969

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Fastnet yacht race disaster

The story of a battle to survive the deadly storm that hit the Fastnet yacht race in 1979

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Women's Strike in New York

What happened when thousands of women went on strike in New York City in 1970?

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Krakatoa volcano disaster of 1883

How the Krakatoa volcano disaster of 1883 wreaked havoc, but also inspired scientists

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Hurricane Katrina

A New Orleans deacon describes how his community survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Libya Coup 1969

In 1969, a group of Libyan army officers take power in an overnight coup

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Titanic discovery

On 1 September 1985 scientists located the wreckage of the Titanic on the ocean floor

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Oslo Talks

An insight into past Middle East Peace talks - a sense of humour makes a difference.

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Anniversary of the Beslan school siege of 2004

Six years on from the school siege in Beslan, one schoolgirl remembers

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Lord Mountbatten

Lord Mountbatten, pillar of the British establishment, was killed by the IRA in 1979

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A Baader Meinhof victim

In 1977 the Baader Meinhof gang kidnapped and killed a leading German businessman.

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Child Evacuees

Children were evacuated from Britain's towns and cities at the beginning of World War Two.

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Wolfenden Report on Homosexuality

In 1957, a government committee shocked Britain by calling for homosexuality to be legal.

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Chile Coup

The playwright, Ariel Dorfman, recalls the coup in Chile in September 1973.

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Star Trek

How the sci-fi classic Star Trek was born

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Pope John Paul II's UK visit in 1982

The last time a Pope came to Britain was John Paul II's visit in 1982

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The collapse of Lehman Brothers

The day that one of America's largest banks collapsed, triggering a global financial panic

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Sabra and Shatila massacre 1982

Reflecting on the massacre of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps

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Paralympics Games in Rome 1960

It is 50 years since the first Paralympic Games were held in Rome

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Bokassa's Downfall

In 1979 the Emperor of the Central African Republic, Jean Bedel Bokassa, was overthrown.

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