22/03/2016

History as told by the people who were there

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Leonardo da Vinci v Michelangelo

Over 500 years ago in Renaissance Italy, a battle was underway between two great painters.

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The BBC Russian service

For 65 years the BBC World Service has broadcast in Russian, this weekend it stops

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Posh and Becks - the wedding

In July 1999 two members of British celebrity royalty tied the knot

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War in East Pakistan

In 1971, war began between East and West Pakistan - leading to the creation of Bangladesh

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Bungee jumping

On April Fool's Day 1979 - the first ever bungee jump was attempted.

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Reagan assassination attempt

The man who helped to save Reagan's life

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Poll tax riots

The anti-poll tax demonstration of March 1990 brought thousands onto the streets of London

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Edward and Mrs Simpson

He was the new British King and she was an American divorcee

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The Gotti trial

John Gotti was a mafia boss who had escaped jail for years.

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The death of Kurt Cobain

Thirty years ago, the lead singer of the rock band Nirvana was found dead in his home

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The Rwandan genocide

A plane crash on 6 April 1994, set off a wave of killing in Rwanda which lasted 100 days

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Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams

The African chief who gave up his throne for love.

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Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson was the first black Major League Baseball player

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Yuri Gagarin

The first man in space became a hero and a poster boy for Soviet achievement

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Windscale - Britain's worst nuclear accident

In 1957 a nuclear reactor in the north of England caught fire

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The Hama massacre 1982

In 1982 people in the Syrian city of Hama rose up against the Assad regime

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Grace Kelly and Prince Ranier

She was a Hollywood superstar - he was Prince of a tiny European state

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

Cuban exiles, backed by the US government, tried to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro

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Waco siege

How a man from northern England lost his entire family in the siege of Waco in 1993

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Gandhi's Salt March protest

How Gandhi's Salt March in 1930 showed the power of peaceful protest in India

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Romanian family history

One family's extraordinary story kept hidden for decades by the communist secret police

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Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

Witness takes you back to the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

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The Hitler diaries hoax

In 1983 a German magazine believed it had found Hitler's wartime diary.

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The bombing of Guernica

It was one of the worst atrocities of the Spanish Civil War.

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Rock against Racism 1978

How an anti-racism concert in London in 1978 influenced a generation

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Dennis Tito - The first space tourist

Ten years ago an American businessman called Dennis Tito became the first space tourist

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Ukraine Famine

How famine devastated Ukraine in the 1930s

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Fall of Berlin

The experiences of one German woman after Berlin fell to the Red Army in 1945

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Al-Qaeda 1998 Embassy Bombings in Africa

Following Osama Bin Laden's death, we recall al-Qaeda's attacks in Africa in 1998

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