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Algeria emergency

How Algeria's experiement with democracy ended in civil war and a state of emergency.

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People Power in the Philippines

How people power brought down President Marcos of the Philippines in 1986.

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Apartheid in the 1950s

The mood across South Africa in the 1950s as the Apartheid laws were being put in place

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Khrushchev's Secret Speech

How Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev secretly denounced Stalin as a tyrant

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Nicaraguan elections

It is 21 years since the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua lost power

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Assassination of Malcolm X

How black leader Malcolm X was assassinated in New York in February 1965.

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Libya 1969 coup

It is over 40 years since Colonel Gaddafi took power in Libya in a military coup

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The Krakow Ghetto

In March 1941 the Nazi authorities in Krakow moved the city's Jews into a ghetto

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Rhodesian republic

In 1970, the white minority thought they could rule Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, for ever

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Witness: Weathermen radicals in the USA

The inside story of how three Weatherman revolutionaries died in New York in March 1970

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Ivory Coast civil war

How a brutal civil war broke out in Ivory Coast in 2002.

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Political Activist Rosa Luxemburg

A revolutionary theorist and feminist icon, Lenin called her the Eagle of the Revolution

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Zeebrugge ferry disaster

Survivors recall when a Belgian ferry capsized and killed more than 190 people

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Dunblane school shooting

The lasting emotional impact of a gun attack at a small Scottish school in 1996

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Madrid train bombings

On 11 March 2004, bomb attacks in Madrid left 191 people dead

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Air strikes on Libya 1986

It is almost 25 years since the US decided to take military action against Libya

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Three Mile Island

In March 1979, the US suffered its worst nuclear accident

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Halabja

In March 1988 Iraqi forces attacked the Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical weapons

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Ordination of Women Priests

Angela Berners-Wilson on her experiences that day, and her long fight to become a priest

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Isherwood in Berlin

The English author Christopher Isherwood lived in Berlin throughout the 1930s.

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Tokaimura nuclear accident

In September 1999 there was a nuclear accident at Tokaimura in Japan

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22/03/2016

History as told by the people who were there

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Leonardo da Vinci v Michelangelo

Over 500 years ago in Renaissance Italy, a battle was underway between two great painters.

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The 麻豆官网首页入口 Russian service

For 65 years the 麻豆官网首页入口 World Service has broadcast in Russian, this weekend it stops

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Posh and Becks - the wedding

In July 1999 two members of British celebrity royalty tied the knot

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War in East Pakistan

In 1971, war began between East and West Pakistan - leading to the creation of Bangladesh

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Bungee jumping

On April Fool's Day 1979 - the first ever bungee jump was attempted.

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Reagan assassination attempt

The man who helped to save Reagan's life

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Poll tax riots

The anti-poll tax demonstration of March 1990 brought thousands onto the streets of London

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Edward and Mrs Simpson

He was the new British King and she was an American divorcee

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