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Donald Campbell's Fatal Crash

In January 1967 the record-breaking driver was killed at the helm of his jetboat Bluebird

• 9 mins

Fighting in the Iran-Iraq War.

An Iraqi doctor remembers serving in one of the longest wars of the 20th Century.

• 14 mins

Operation No Living Thing

In January 1999, a combined rebel force invaded the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown.

• 9 mins

Johnny Cash plays Folsom Prison

It is 45 years since the Country and Western star played his first gig in a jail.

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Tito on Vis

In 1944 the Yugoslav partisan leader found sanctuary on a tiny island in the Adriatic.

• 9 mins

Festival in the Desert

In 2001 a festival held in the Sahara desert launched Tuareg music on the world scene

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The Boxing Day tsunami and Aceh

When the earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 hit Indonesia, over 130,000 people died.

• 9 mins

Baby Fae and the baboon's heart

In 1984 doctors tried to save a baby girl's life by giving her a heart transplant.

• 14 mins

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

The US government's experiment on a group of African-American men without their knowledge

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Chaim Soutine

It is 120 years since the birth of the great Expressionist painter.

• 9 mins

Roe v Wade

In 1973 the landmark decision was made in the US Supreme Court which made abortion legal

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Black Stars of Ghana

Striker Osei Kofi on how the Ghanaian football team dominated Africa in the 1960s.

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The Arrest of Klaus Barbie

Thirty years ago, the former Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, was arrested in Bolivia.

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The Biafran war

The Biafran war lasted for almost three years and split Nigeria. Hear one child's story.

• 14 mins

The death of Bassel al Assad

It is 19 years since the heir to the Syrian presidency died in a car crash.

• 9 mins

The Hunger Winter

How millions of Dutch faced starvation at the end of World War Two

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The Capture of USS Pueblo

American spy ship USS Pueblo was captured by North Korean forces forty-five years ago

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Hitler's will

In January 1946 a young British woman was given Hitler's will to translate.

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Jimi Hendrix

The legendary guitarist's English girlfriend remembers his early days in 60s London.

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Vietnam - the 'Christmas Bombings'

One girl's memories of the bombing that came before the ceasefire of 27 January 1973.

• 15 mins

Lagos Armoury Explosion

Survivors relive the tragedy of the arms dump explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, 2002

• 9 mins

The building of the Eiffel tower

Work on the Eiffel Tower started in 1887 but many Parisians were opposed it

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Peter the Great in London

How the young Tsar's visit to 17th Century England inspired him to modernise Russia

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The funeral of Gandhi

How millions of Indians mourned the death of Mahatma Gandhi

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The battle of Stalingrad

It is 70 years since German troops lost their battle to take the Soviet industrial city.

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The 'flour bomb' rugby tour

In 1981 the South African rugby team toured New Zealand, prompting huge protests.

• 14 mins

Hugo Chavez and the failed coup

In February 1992 a group of Venezuelan army officers staged a coup, among them Hugo Chavez

• 9 mins

"Ghana Must Go"

Thirty years ago, Nigeria expelled up to 2 million African migrants. Most were Ghanaian

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The Stolen Generation

In 2008 the Australian Prime Minister apologised for the treatment of Aborigines

• 9 mins

Marcel Proust

The great French writer remembered by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.

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