Fighting in the Iran-Iraq War.

An Iraqi doctor remembers serving in one of the longest wars of the 20th Century.

• 14 mins

Operation No Living Thing

In January 1999, a combined rebel force invaded the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown.

• 9 mins

Johnny Cash plays Folsom Prison

It is 45 years since the Country and Western star played his first gig in a jail.

• 9 mins

Tito on Vis

In 1944 the Yugoslav partisan leader found sanctuary on a tiny island in the Adriatic.

• 9 mins

Festival in the Desert

In 2001 a festival held in the Sahara desert launched Tuareg music on the world scene

• 9 mins

The Boxing Day tsunami and Aceh

When the earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 hit Indonesia, over 130,000 people died.

• 9 mins

Baby Fae and the baboon's heart

In 1984 doctors tried to save a baby girl's life by giving her a heart transplant.

• 14 mins

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

The US government's experiment on a group of African-American men without their knowledge

• 9 mins

Chaim Soutine

It is 120 years since the birth of the great Expressionist painter.

• 9 mins

Roe v Wade

In 1973 the landmark decision was made in the US Supreme Court which made abortion legal

• 9 mins

Black Stars of Ghana

Striker Osei Kofi on how the Ghanaian football team dominated Africa in the 1960s.

• 9 mins

The Arrest of Klaus Barbie

Thirty years ago, the former Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, was arrested in Bolivia.

• 9 mins

The Biafran war

The Biafran war lasted for almost three years and split Nigeria. Hear one child's story.

• 14 mins

The death of Bassel al Assad

It is 19 years since the heir to the Syrian presidency died in a car crash.

• 9 mins

The Hunger Winter

How millions of Dutch faced starvation at the end of World War Two

• 9 mins

The Capture of USS Pueblo

American spy ship USS Pueblo was captured by North Korean forces forty-five years ago

• 9 mins

Hitler's will

In January 1946 a young British woman was given Hitler's will to translate.

• 9 mins

Jimi Hendrix

The legendary guitarist's English girlfriend remembers his early days in 60s London.

• 9 mins

Vietnam - the 'Christmas Bombings'

One girl's memories of the bombing that came before the ceasefire of 27 January 1973.

• 15 mins

Lagos Armoury Explosion

Survivors relive the tragedy of the arms dump explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, 2002

• 9 mins

The building of the Eiffel tower

Work on the Eiffel Tower started in 1887 but many Parisians were opposed it

• 9 mins

Peter the Great in London

How the young Tsar's visit to 17th Century England inspired him to modernise Russia

• 9 mins

The funeral of Gandhi

How millions of Indians mourned the death of Mahatma Gandhi

• 9 mins

The battle of Stalingrad

It is 70 years since German troops lost their battle to take the Soviet industrial city.

• 9 mins

The 'flour bomb' rugby tour

In 1981 the South African rugby team toured New Zealand, prompting huge protests.

• 14 mins

Hugo Chavez and the failed coup

In February 1992 a group of Venezuelan army officers staged a coup, among them Hugo Chavez

• 9 mins

"Ghana Must Go"

Thirty years ago, Nigeria expelled up to 2 million African migrants. Most were Ghanaian

• 9 mins

The Stolen Generation

In 2008 the Australian Prime Minister apologised for the treatment of Aborigines

• 9 mins

Marcel Proust

The great French writer remembered by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.

• 9 mins

Shergar - the kidnapping

It is 30 years since the Derby winner was abducted from a stud farm in Ireland.

• 9 mins