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

The plot against Franco

In 1964 a young Scot joined a plot to assassinate the Spanish dictator, General Franco.

• 15 mins

The Last Days of Sylvia Plath

It is fifty years since the suicide of American poet Sylvia Plath

• 9 mins

The Murder of James Bulger

The killing of a toddler in Liverpool 20 years ago that shocked Britain

• 9 mins

The Algerian Massacres

In the 1990s, the Algerian military was locked in a brutal struggle with radical Islamists

• 9 mins

The fall of Singapore

In February 1942 Britain's stronghold in South East Asia fell to the Japanese.

• 9 mins

Human Shields in Iraq

The British bus driver who took peace campaigners to Iraq ahead of the 2003 invasion

• 9 mins

The fall of Singapore

February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. Tens of thousands of soldiers became POWs.

• 14 mins

The Lost Egyptian Tomb

In 1995, archaeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery

• 9 mins

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan's book kickstarted the modern women's movement.

• 9 mins

People Power in the Philippines

How four days of huge protests brought down Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

• 9 mins

Welsh Dam Attack

In 1963 Welsh nationalists took up arms against the construction of a controversial dam

• 9 mins

The White Rose

Seventy years ago, three German students were executed for protesting against Hitler.

• 9 mins

Dutch school hostage crisis

In 1977 independence activists from Indonesia's Molucca islands took a school hostage.

• 14 mins

The Theft of the Scream

In 1994 Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream was stolen from a Norwegian art museum.

• 9 mins

The first World Trade Center attack

How Islamic extremists tried to blow up the Twin Towers eight years before 9/11.

• 9 mins

The standoff at Wounded Knee

Forty years ago, American Indian activists staged a protest against the US authorities.

• 9 mins

Choosing a Pope

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor tells the story of electing Pope Benedict in April 2005

• 9 mins

The Bethnal Green tube disaster

It is 70 years since 173 people were crushed to death at an air-raid shelter in London

• 9 mins

The Cultural Revolution in China

In the mid 1960s the young people of China were encouraged to turn on their elders.

• 1 min

Armenia and Azerbaijan

It is 25 years since violence broke out in the city of Sumgait in Azerbaijan.

• 9 mins

The death of Joseph Stalin

60 years ago the Soviet dictator died and the whole of the USSR was plunged into mourning.

• 9 mins

Skiing in the Swat Valley

One man's mission to bring fun back to the battle-scarred Swat Valley in Pakistan.

• 9 mins

Viagra

Fifteen years ago a new "wonder" drug was approved for use in the United States.

• 9 mins

Gay in the US military

In 1975 a US airman announced he was gay, to test the military's attitude to homosexuals.

• 9 mins