The Voyage of the Empire Windrush

The story of the coming of the first West Indian migrants to Britain, back in 1948

• 9 mins

Operation Barbarossa

An eyewitness account of the launch of Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union

• 10 mins

Fermat's Last Theorem

Andrew Wiles on solving the problem which had intrigued mathematicians for centuries

• 10 mins

Montserrat volcano

In June 1997 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat

• 10 mins

President Kennedy's Visit to Ireland

President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963

• 10 mins

Elian Gonzalez

The six-year-old boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana

• 10 mins

Secret war in Yemen

In the 1960s, British mercenaries joined the fighting in Yemen's civil war

• 10 mins

Camaron - Flamenco Legend

How a gypsy singer called Camaron de la Isla revolutionised the world of flamenco

• 10 mins

Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon

In 1975 he became the first African-American man to win the tennis tournament.

• 10 mins

Ron Kovic - Ex US Marine and peace activist

How ex-US Marine Ron Kovic became a peace activist after being paralysed in Vietnam

• 10 mins

Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the USA

In 1985 the Royal couple made their first joint visit to America

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Piper Alpha

We hear from a survivor from the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster that killed 167 people

• 10 mins

Bradford riots

It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England

• 10 mins

The space shuttle

It is more than 30 years since the launch of the first space shuttle

• 10 mins

Boycott of The Sun newspaper

How the people of Liverpool boycotted Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in the UK

• 10 mins

The Srebrenica massacre

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica

• 10 mins

Battle of Britain

A Battle of Britain pilot reflects on being shot down and almost drowning in the sea

• 10 mins

The Crusaders capture Jerusalem

The tale of the momentous and bloody capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099

• 10 mins

The opening of Disneyland

In July 1955 the first ever Disney theme park was opened in California

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The death of Tom Simpson

In July 1967 British cyclist Tom Simpson, rode himself to death on the Tour de France

• 10 mins

Rupert Murdoch, the early years

Rupert Murdoch's career in the media began in the Australian town of Adelaide in the 1950s

• 10 mins

The Genoa riots of 2001

It is 10 years since protests against a G8 summit turned violent on the streets of Genoa

• 10 mins

Libyan prison massacre

In 1996 over a thousand prisoners were killed at a jail in Tripoli

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Moroccan exodus

In 1961 hundreds of Jewish children were smuggled from Morocco to Israel

• 10 mins

The Kitchen Debate

In July 1959, two Cold War leaders argued over whose system was best

• 10 mins

Telstar

Fifty years since the first transatlantic broadcast

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Christian the Lion

The story of two Australians who berfriended a lion in London, and freed him in Africa

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Picasso

Sixty years ago a young art historian got to know the greatest painter in the world

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The Shipbuilders' Clydeside "Work-In"

How Scottish workers took over their shipyards and warded off the threat of closure

• 10 mins

MTV turns 30

It is 30 years since the launch of the first 24 hour music TV channel

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