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Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in

How a white-only lunch counter was challenged in North Carolina, USA, in 1960.

• 14 mins

The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

In July 1937 the female flyer disappeared in her plane somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.

• 10 mins

Mass Wedding in New York City

In 1982 4,000 people got married in a mass blessing carried out by Reverend Sun Myung Moon

• 10 mins

The Muslim Brotherhood - Hassan al-Banna

Egypt now has a president from the Muslim Brotherhood - hear how it started 84 years ago.

• 9 mins

Algerian independence

It is 50 years since the end of French colonial rule in Algeria.

• 9 mins

London suicide bombings

On 7 July 2005, London was thrown into chaos by four bomb attacks.

• 9 mins

In prison with Nelson Mandela

Ahmed Kathrada was jailed in South Africa alongside Nelson Mandela.

• 15 mins

Telstar

It is 50 years since the first ever transatlantic satellite TV broadcast.

• 10 mins

Angola Mercenaries

In July 1976 four foreign mercenaries were executed for their part in Angola's civil war.

• 9 mins

Irving T Bush - Builder of Bush House

The story of the American businessman who built the home of the 鲍鱼tv World Service.

• 10 mins

Bush House in wartime

The 鲍鱼tv World Service is leaving Bush House in central London after 70 years there.

• 10 mins

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

How working with Paul Simon made South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo global stars.

• 10 mins

Bay of Pigs Invasion

A Cuban exile tells how he and several hundred others tried to overthrow Fidel Castro.

• 15 mins

New York Blackout

It is 35 years since the streets of the Big Apple were plunged into darkness.

• 10 mins

The Murder of Versace

In July 1997 the Italian fashion designer, Gianni Versace, was shot dead.

• 9 mins

Miguel Angel Blanco

How the killing of a young Basque councillor sparked huge anti-ETA protests in Spain.

• 10 mins

CIA mind control experiments

Beginning in the 1950s the CIA made attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients.

• 9 mins

The arrest of Jack Mapanje

It is 25 years since the poet was imprisoned without trial in Malawi.

• 10 mins

Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

Janina Dawidowicz survived the Warsaw Ghetto as a child during World War Two.

• 14 mins

Roosevelt in the Amazon

How the American president Theodore Roosevelt nearly died in the Amazon in 1914.

• 10 mins

The first IVF baby

In July 1978 the first baby to be conceived in a laboratory was born in England.

• 9 mins

The Death of Evita Peron

It is 60 years since the Argentine first lady died.

• 9 mins

The Farewell dossier

How a mole in the KGB sent secrets to France and the USA in 1981.

• 9 mins

Womad

It is 30 years since the first Womad - world music festival- in England.

• 9 mins

The GI who chose China

At the end of the Korean War, 21 American prisoners chose not to go home to the USA.

• 15 mins

Megan's law

Eighteen years ago a little girl was raped and murdered - her killing changed US law.

• 9 mins

The Battle of Passchendaele

It was one of the defining battles of the First World War

• 9 mins

USS Nautilus: Under the North Pole

The first voyage to the North Pole under the icecap. Ken Carr remembers Nautilus's mission

• 9 mins

The Kon-Tiki adventure

The story of Thor Heyerdahl's crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki.

• 9 mins

The Death of Marilyn Monroe

It's 50 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood's ultimate sex symbol.

• 9 mins