The Assassination of Anwar Sadat

On October 6th 1981, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was killed by army officers.

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War in Slovenia

In 1991, Yugoslav army tanks moved into Slovenia to try to stop it becoming independent

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Forced Sterilisation in Peru

In the 1990s, President Alberto Fujimori launched a family planning programme in Peru.

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The Mumbai Train Bombings

In July 2006, seven coordinated explosions tore through packed commuter trains in Mumbai.

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The Nestle Boycott

In July 1977 US campaigners launched a boycott against Nestle over the sale of baby milk.

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Child refugees from the Spanish Civil War

In 1937, Britain took in 4000 Basque children at the height of fighting in northern Spain

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1916: Central Asia Rebels Against the Russian Empire

In 1916, Muslims in Central Asia rose up against Russian imperial rule.

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Dutch Elm Disease

In the 1970s Dutch Elm disease killed millions of Elm trees in England, France and the US

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Medicare

In July 1966, the US government health insurance programme Medicare came into force.

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The Srebrenica Massacre

In July 1995 Bosnian Serb troops murdered thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys.

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The Death of Bruce Lee

The film star and martial arts legend died suddenly in Hong Kong in 1973.

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Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

In 1958 the Nigerian writer published his first book, revolutionising African literature.

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The Beilis Case: an Anti-Jewish Trial

In 1913, a Russian Jew, Mendel Beilis, was falsely accused of a murder.

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Race Riots in Liverpool

In 1981 police used CS gas for the first time in mainland Britain to control race riots

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The First CIA Coup in Latin America

In 1954 CIA-backed officers overthrew Guatemala's elected government.

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Meeting Picasso

In the summer of 1951 art historian John Richardson met Pablo Picasso for the first time.

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The Tangshan Earthquake

In 1976, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit the city of Tangshan in China

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Spying for America in Russia

The story of Russian spy Alexandr Ogorodnik and his CIA handler, Marti Peterson.

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The University of Texas Shooting

In August 1966 14 people were shot dead in America's first mass shooting at a university

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Jacqueline Du Pre

Jacqueline Du Pre makes one of the most famous classical recordings of the 20th Century

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The Reclusive JD Salinger

It's 65 years since JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye was published

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Lebanon's Baalbek Festival

The Middle East's oldest arts festival, in Baalbek in Lebanon, started 60 years ago

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American Air Traffic Controllers' Strike

In August 1981 over 11,000 air traffic controllers were fired after two days on strike.

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The Twin Towers High-Wire Walk

Philippe Petit recalls his daring feat high above the New York streets in August 1974

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The Excavation of Masada

Nearly two thousand years ago, Masada in Israel was the site of a mass suicide.

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The Nairobi Embassy Bombing

In 1998, al-Qaeda killed more than 200 people in attacks on US embassies in East Africa.

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Fleeing Deportation to the USSR

After WW2, many Soviet citizens who had ended up outside the USSR, refused to go home.

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The Kray Gang

Maureen Flanagan on her relationship with London's gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

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The murder of Federico Garcia Lorca

How the great poet and dramatist was murdered at the start of the Spanish Civil War.

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Bibles in US Schools

In 1963 a third of schools in the US had to change their rules on Bible reading.

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