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Roots - The TV Series

The epic mini-series about slavery in the USA hit TV screens in January 1977

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Dungeons and Dragons

The fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons launched in January 1974.

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Microwave Ovens

Microwave ovens for domestic kitchens first became widely available in 1967.

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The Atocha Lawyers Massacre in Spain

In early 1977 far-right gunmen killed five people at a law firm in Atocha Street, Madrid

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Roald Dahl's Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl's book, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, was published in January 1964

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The 'Aboriginal Tent Embassy'

On 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest about land rights in Australia

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Desert Island Discs at 75

The story of the 麻豆社's longest-running radio programme.

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Sexual Harassment in India

The first time a case of sexual harassment came to court in India.

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Crossing Antarctica Alone

Norwegian polar explorer Borge Ousland was the first person to cross Antarctica alone.

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Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down

In 1993, US forces launched a disastrous raid against the Somali warlord, General Aideed

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The End of Apartheid

In February 1990 the South African president announced the dismantling of apartheid

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1995 Peru-Ecuador Border War

A former Peruvian army officer recalls the last war between Latin American neighbours.

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Rosalind Franklin DNA Pioneer

The scientist produced an x-ray photograph in 1951 that helped show the structure of DNA

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The Killer Whale that Killed

In February 1991, the captive orca, Tilikum, drowned his trainer, Keltie Byrne in Canada.

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Kenya's Hit Record: Jambo Bwana

The story of a 1980 Kenyan pop song which became an unlikely global hit.

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The True Story of Whisky Galore

How a ship laden with bottles of whisky was wrecked off the Scottish Hebrides

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Sanctuary Cities in the USA

How American cities like San Francisco became safe havens for undocumented immigrants

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The Conman Who Married His Victims

When Giovanni Vigliotto went on trial he said he'd married more than a hundred women.

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The Birth of Speed Dating

In 1998, a Los Angeles rabbi came up with a new way for single people to meet each other.

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Italy votes for divorce

In May 1974, Italians defied the Catholic Church and voted overwhelmingly for divorce.

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Uganda's war on homosexuality

In 2006, a Ugandan newspaper began printing the names of professionals believed to be gay

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The Silver Ring Thing

In 1995 a US campaign started encouraging teenagers not to have sex before marriage

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The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic

The former Serbian President went on trial for war crimes in 2002. Hear from his lawyers.

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Tilikum the Orca

On this day in 1991 a killer whale called Tilikum drowned one of its trainers.

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The Lost Manuscript of Huckleberry Finn

In 1990, the manuscript of Mark Twain's classic novel was found in an attic in Hollywood.

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Sexual Harassment in India

Witness hears from the first woman to bring a case of sexual harassment to trial in India.

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The End of Apartheid

Adriaan Vlok was in charge of the police in apartheid-era South Africa.

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The German American Bund

In the 1930s, American Nazi sympathisers held rallies and summer camps across the US.

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Death in the Amazon

In January 1956, members of an Amazonian tribe murdered five American missionaries.

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Bulgarian Nurses on Trial in Libya

Valya Chervenyashka was accused of mass murder and tortured in a Libyan jail.

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