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Crossing the Rubicon

When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river 2,000 years ago he changed history

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Cryonic freezing

In 1967 a group of enthusiasts first tried to cryonically freeze a human being.

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Wikipedia - 10 years on

It is 10 years since the Wikipedia online encyclopedia was launched

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Football wages

We take you back to 1961 when the cap on football wages was abolished in England

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Kindertransport - Oliver's story

The story of a boy who escaped Nazi Germany on a kindertransport train heading for Britain

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Crossing Antarctica

In January 1997 Borge Ousland became the first person to cross the Antarctic alone

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Palomares nuclear accident

How a B-52 bomber crashed on the Spanish coast while carrying four nuclear weapons.

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Ben Ali Comes to Power in Tunisia

The story of how Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali came to power in Tunisia

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Execution of Louis XVI

On 21 January 1793 the French king, Louis XVI was executed in Paris

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Funeral of Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill, the British wartime leader, died on 24 January, 1965

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Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

One of the worst maritime disasters in history - the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

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Conflict in Somalia

In January 1991 the government of Siad Barre in Somalia, collapsed

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Siege of Sidney Street

The bloody battle between British police and a group of revolutionaries in London in 1911

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The siege of Leningrad

Hundreds of thousands of civilians died of starvation during the siege of Leningrad.

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The North Sea Flood

On the last day of January 1953 high tides and storms brought a huge flood to Holland.

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Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins

A simple non-violent action to protest against racial segregation in restaurants and shops

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Death of Sid Vicious

The last days of punk icon, Sid Vicious, in New York in 1979

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Revolution in Iran

The first week of February 1979 saw a revolution unfolding in Iran

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Sarajevo marketplace massacre

On February 5 1994 there was an attack on a marketplace in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo

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Duvalier flees Haiti

Twenty-five years ago today, the President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country

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Shot down in Iraq

It is 20 years since international forces united to drive Iraq out of Kuwait

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The Docklands bomb

On 9 February 1996, a bomb exploded in London bringing an IRA ceasefire to an end

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A communist in the US

On 9 February 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy began his hunt for communists in the US

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The death of Pushkin

In February 1837 the great Russian poet - Alexander Pushkin died

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Assassination of Rafik Hariri

On February 14 2005, Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri was assassinated

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Fall of Singapore

The British colony of Singapore fell to Japanese forces on this day in 1942

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The death of Captain Cook

In February 1779 the British seafarer Captain Cook was beaten to death in Hawaii

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Dolly the Sheep

What was the first cloned mammal like and why did she die young?

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The Lindbergh kidnapping

On 1 March 1932, the baby son of one of the most famous men in America went missing

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Algeria emergency

How Algeria's experiement with democracy ended in civil war and a state of emergency.

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