The Caracazo Protests

In February 1989 new austerity measures sparked days of violent protests in Venezuela

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The Foxcatcher Story

In 1996 an American multi-millionaire murdered one of the wrestlers he was sponsoring

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The Siege of Sarajevo

Twenty years ago the siege of Sarajevo ended, the longest siege in modern history

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The Polaroid Instant Camera

In February 1947 Edwin Land unveiled his new invention, the first ever instant camera.

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Marie Stopes: Birth Control Pioneer

In March 1921, Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic in London

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Condemned as a Spy in the USSR

Flora Leipman, a British Jew, falsely condemned as a spy, was sent to a labour camp

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Poisoned in Kosovo

How Roma Gypsies, who fled ethnic violence in 1999, were settled in a camp on toxic land

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Spinsters' Rights

Millions of women were left single after the men they would have married died in WW1.

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Tenerife Air Disaster

In March 1977 the worst accident in the history of civil aviation took place in Tenerife.

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The Release of the Birmingham Six

In March 1991, six men were freed ending one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice

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The Original Revolutionary Feminist

Alexandra Kollontai was the leading Marxist feminist in Communist Russia.

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Radiocarbon Dating of the Turin Shroud

In 1988 scientists performed a carbon dating test on the Shroud of Turin.

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The Kasztner Affair

In March 1957, an Israeli political scandal ended in an assassination.

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Mad Cow Disease and CJD

How a disease affecting cattle was transferred to the human population in Britain.

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Vietnam-China Border War 1979

Former communist allies China and Vietnam fought a short but bloody war in 1979.

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The Tunnellers of WW1

Archive recordings of the tunnellers who fought underground in WW1

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The Poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko

In 2004, Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned and nearly died.

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Namibian Independence

In March 1990, Namibia became independent from South African rule.

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Fidel Castro Takes Havana

In 1959, the rebel leader took control of Cuba's capital city.

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Viagra

In 1998 a new 'wonder' drug was approved for use in the United States

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The Fall of Emperor Tewodros II

In 1868 Tewodros II of Ethiopia prepared to make a last stand against the British army.

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The Death of Jan Palach

In 1969, a student set himself alight in protest at the crushing of the Prague Spring.

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Iraqi Shia Uprising - 1991

At the end of the First Gulf War thousands of Iraqis rose up against Saddam Hussein

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Battle of Tora Bora

After the Taliban fell in Afghanistan, the hunt for Osama bin Laden began in earnest.

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The Easter Rising

How Irish rebels tried to start a revolution against British rule at Easter 1916.

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Last of the Red Hot Mamas

It is 50 years since the great American recording star Sophie Tucker died in New York.

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Virginia Woolf

On March 28th 1941 the British novelist Virginia Woolf took her own life.

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Romania's Orphans

In 1990 the terrible conditions inside Romania's orphanages first came to light.

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The Harold Wilson Plot

In March 1976, the British prime minister Harold Wilson unexpectedly resigned. Why?

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The Back to Africa Movement

In the late 1800s, African Americans from Arkansas began moving to Liberia in West Africa.

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