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Yesterday's World News - Today Episodes

  1.

    1901

    December 1901 and the death of Queen Victoria and the assassination of President McKinley

  2. 1854

    December 1854, including war in the Crimea and the end of Japanese isolationism

  3. 1666

    1666 and the Great Fire of London, Antonio Stradivari, and death ruler of Mughal Empire,

  4. 1775

    December 1775 - the American colonies' revolt, and James Cook sails further than ever

  5. 1910

    1910 and the death of Edward VII, revolution in Mexico, and wireless catches a killer

  6. 1881

    December 1881, assassinations in Russia and US, and justice catches up with Billy the Kid

  7. 1842

    December 1842 including the Treaty of Nanking, and British retreat from Afghanistan

  8. 1789

    1789 including revolution in France, George Washington elected, and mutiny on the Bounty

  9. 1812

    The events of December 1812 told by front-line reporters and interviews...