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Pinochet Case

General Pinochet's surprise arrest at a London clinic in 1998

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Wall Street Crash of 1987

The biggest one-day crash in the history of the New York Stock Exchange

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Charlie Chaplin's film The Great Dictator

In October 1940 Charlie Chaplin released an epic film mocking Adolf Hitler

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Kuwait oil fires 1991

A Texan firefighter recalls the battle in Kuwait against the world's biggest oil fire

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Hungarian Uprising

In the autumn of 1956 Hungarians shook off Soviet power for a few days at least.

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The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854

Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred.

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Storming the Winter Palace, 1917

The Russian Revolution gets underway in St Petersburg

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Mullah Omar

Talking to the leader of the Taliban

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Living through the Cuban Missile Crisis - in Cuba

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Death of the Dodo

Why did the Dodo - a flightless bird - become extinct?

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Rhine Pollution

An industrial accident on the banks of the Rhine in 1986, turned the river red

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Rhine Pollution

An industrial accident on the banks of the Rhine in 1986, turned the river red

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Election of JFK

Ted Sorensen, speechwriter to John F Kennedy, died at the weekend.

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The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover 1960

Is it a book you would even wish your wives and servants to read?

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Rabin Assassination

It is exactly 15 years since the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.

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Burma Elections

What was it like to vote in Burma's last general election in 1990?

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Suez canal invasion 1956

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

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Suez canal invasion 1956

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

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Blasted

It is 15 years since the play Blasted first shocked theatregoers

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The Young Benazir Bhutto

Why did she follow her father into politics?

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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

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Greek Student Protest 1973

The story of the Greek military junta's brutal suppression of a student protest in 1973

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Piracy Trial

A piracy trial makes history in 19th century America

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World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

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World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

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World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

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15/11/2010

The story of our times told by the people who were there.

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The Roswell incident

The most famous reported encounter with aliens of our time

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