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The anthem of the Arab Spring

How a singer in Tunisia helped inspire young protestors all over the Middle East in 2011

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The first Eurostar from England to France

The driver of the first train to take passengers from London to Paris remembers

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The Moscow State Circus

The biggest circus in Soviet Russia opened in Moscow in April 1971.

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The Burma uprising of 1988

People took to the streets of Burma, or Myanmar, to protest against military rule in 1988

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Drugs in the Vietnam War

How a heroin epidemic among US troops in Vietnam caused panic in the military

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General Robert E Lee: US Civil War rebel

Lee was charged with treason, so why did Congress reinstate his citizenship in 1975?

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DES Daughters

A medical scandal which affected millions of women around the world

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Francis Bacon in the archives

The painter Francis Bacon was known for his disturbing images and bohemian lifestyle

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The paper that helped the homeless

The 'Street News' paper was sold by homeless people in New York at a profit to earn money

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A Ghanaian nurse's story

Nurses from outside the UK form a vital part of the country's medical workforce

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How US 'smart bombs' hit an Iraqi air raid shelter in the first Gulf War

More than 400 civilians died when US bombs hit the Amiriya air raid shelter in Baghdad

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Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part one

How researchers in London uncovered the story of Britain's forgotten slave owners

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Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part two

The story of Britain's forgotten slave owners and the people they enslaved

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The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

The story of a woman who played a largely unsung role in countless medical breakthroughs

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Free breakfasts with the Black Panthers

How the revolutionary black rights organisation started serving breakfast to children

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Mary Wilson

The American singer died on 8th February 2021

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Acid rain

How the world woke up to the threat from acid rain

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Ireland's bank bailout

In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis Ireland had to borrow billions

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The fall of Kwame Nkrumah

How one of Africa's most famous independence leaders was overthrown in 1966

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The WW2 airman from Sierra Leone

Johnny Smythe was one of very few West Africans to fly with Britain's airforce during WW2

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Banning landmines

A landmark treaty banning anti-personnel landmines was agreed in 1997

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The world's deepest dive 11km down

Don Walsh was the first to go to the very bottom of the deepest part of the ocean in 1960

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Refugee Island

How a tiny Pacific Island became a limbo for asylum seekers

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When US police dropped explosives on a Philadelphia home

How 11 people died when explosives were dropped on a house by a police helicopter

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The Sharpeville massacre

In 1960, South African police shot dead 69 black protestors, sparking worldwide outrage

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Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech

How the historic speech in March 1946 came to symbolise the beginnings of the Cold War

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The women of Egypt's Arab Spring

In 2011 women were at the forefront of protests calling for a change in power in Egypt

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Cixi: China's most powerful woman

She was the power behind the Chinese throne for decades

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Jane: The underground abortion network

How feminists ended up performing abortions for women in 1960s America

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The woman who asked Britain to return the Parthenon marbles

Melina Mercouri, actress turned politician, requested the marbles be returned to Greece

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