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Somalia 1991

What was it like living in Mogadishu at the height of Somalia's civil war?

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Hitler's Book

The story of a young American soldier and the book he found in Hitler's house.

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Meeting Osama

What is Osama bin Laden really like? Witness talks to someone who knows.

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Gandhi

The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948

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Palestine Post

In the months before the creation of Israel -Jerusalem was a dangerous place to be.

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Rationing in Britain

In the early 1950s Britain was still so badly-off that food and fuel had to be rationed.

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The Wind of Change

It's 50 years since Harold Macmillan spoke of a wind of change blowing through Africa.

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Northern Ireland Hunger Strikes

In 1981 Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland staged a series of hunger strikes.

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Cambridge Spies

The Cold War came to life in Britain when two spies went public in Moscow in 1956.

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The Rivonia Trial

In 1964, Nelson Mandela was put on trial for treason with seven other ANC activists

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Surviving Robben Island

Ahmed Kathrada's time in prison alongside Nelson Mandela on Robben Island, South Africa

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Charlie Wilson

Former US Congressman Charlie Wilson, who has just died, left his mark on Afghanistan.

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Salman Rushdie's Fatwa

Salman Rushdie's novel Satanic Verses enraged Muslims around the world.

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Bombing of Dresden

Witness hears from a survivor of the firebombing of Dresden.

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Zimbabwe Referendum

Ten years ago Zimbabweans thought a vote against President Mugabe was a new beginning.

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Jamaican Bobsled Team

At the 1988 Winter Olympics Jamaica fielded its first ever bobsled team.

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Japanese Internment

During WW2 the US government decided to put many of its Japanese citizens into camps.

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Miracle on Ice

When the US hockey team met their Russian rivals at the 1980 Olympics, tensions were high.

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Women's Liberation Movement Begins

Modern British feminism began in 1970 when 500 women met for a debate in Oxford

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Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta

The Yalta conference that decided the shape of post-war Europe

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Attempted coup in Spain

In 1981 Spain had been a democracy for just 5 years, now parliament is under attack.

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Siege of Wounded Knee

In 1973 Native American Indians began a standoff against the US army at Wounded Knee

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Playboy Club

Fifty years ago the first Playboy Club opened in Chicago - with bunnies.

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Dot Com Bubble

During the dot com boom Stephan Paternot made millions of dollars. Then he lost them

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Scott of the Antarctic

The diaries of Captain Scott and why a failed explorer became a national hero

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Death of Stalin

It was 57 years ago this week that the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin died.

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The UK and the Vietnam War

Why Britain resisted America's invitations to join the Vietnam War during the 1960s.

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Who Shot JR?

When JR was shot in the US TV series Dallas - it made the headlines worldwide.

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Sierra Leone

The civil war in Sierra Leone left hundreds of thousands of civilians dead or mutilated.

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Bomb disposal in Iraq

What it's really like being a bomb-disposal man in Iraq.

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