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Escape from Alcatraz

In June 1962 three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail.

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Nigeria's Lost Election

The election of Chief MKO Abiola 20 years ago, which was annulled by the military

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Post-war Berlin

A child's eye view of life in Berlin in the aftermath of World War II

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The Pentagon Papers

In 1971 one man leaked thousands of pages of secret US government documents to the press.

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Gay Marriage

The first gay marriage in America took place more than 40 years ago in Minnesota.

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The Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

It is 60 years since the American couple were executed for spying

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Rocky Horror Show

It is 40 years since the opening of a comedy musical which would become a cult phenomenon

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Murder in Managua

In June 1979 an American TV reporter was shot dead by government forces in Nicaragua

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The first woman in space

In June 1963 Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova went into orbit.

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Ultrasound

It's 55 years since a picture of a foetus inside the womb was first published.

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War Requiem by Benjamin Britten

It is regarded as one of the most important pieces in 20th Century English music.

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Smoking and Lung Cancer

It took until the 1950s for researchers to connect smoking with lung cancer

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JFK in Ireland

Novelist Colm Toibin recalls US President John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963

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Iraq's Sectarian Violence

The recent surge in violence in Iraq has echoes of the sectarian conflict in 2006-07

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The Battle of Gettysburg

It is 150 years since the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the American Civil War

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Chilean Students Set on Fire

In July 1986 two students were set on fire by Chilean government soldiers

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Penguin Rescue

The mission to save thousands of African penguins from an oil spill in July, 2000

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

How the publication of Philosophical Investigations in 1953 revolutionised philosophy

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Yasser Arafat Arrives in Gaza

When the Palestinian leader was allowed to return from exile to the Gaza strip in 1994

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The Crate Escape

In the summer of 1984 a Nigerian exile living in London was kidnapped in a crate.

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The Death of Jean Moulin

The day the leader of the French Resistance was killed by German forces on July 08, 1943

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Iran Student Protest

The Iranian student who became an unwitting symbol of the anti-government protests in 1999

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The Death of Thich Quang Duc

In June 1963, a Buddhist monk set himself on fire in central Saigon

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Skylab Falls to Earth

The day when fragments of the US space station Skylab hit an Australian town in 1979

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Disco Demolition Night

How a disgruntled Chicago DJ hosted an anti-disco event which turned into a riot in 1979

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The Soviet Gulag

Hear one man's story of life in a Soviet labour camp during Stalin's rule.

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Women's Baseball in WWII

In 1943, the first and only professional women's baseball league was launched in the US

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The Hong Kong Handover

Former Governor General, Chris Patten, remembers the day the territory returned to China.

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Freeze

In 1988 a group of students put on an exhibition called Freeze. It changed British art.

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The Birth of Second Life

It is ten years since the launch of Philip Rosedale's online virtual world Second Life

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