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Black Golfer at the US Masters

How Lee Elder broke one of the last colour barriers in US sport in 1975

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Mickey Mouse goes to Europe

When Disney opened a theme park in Europe, just outside Paris it was beset with problems.

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The First War in the Air

The story of a young British pilot who survived the world's first war in the air

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The discovery of LSD

It is 70 years since a Swiss chemist stumbled on the controversial hallucinogenic drug.

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The funeral of Sir Winston Churchill

In January 1965 Britain held a state funeral for the man who led it through World War Two.

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The Khmer Rouge take power

In April 1975 the four-year rule of the brutal Khmer Rouge began in Cambodia.

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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Jewish fighters in the Polish capital rose up against the German army in 1943

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Haile Selassie in Jamaica

Ethiopia's emperor visited Jamaica - the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement - in 1966

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Pau Casals

The acclaimed musician who became a symbol of Catalan resistance to General Franco

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The Hitler Diaries Hoax

Thirty years ago newspapers spent millions on what they thought were Hitler's diaries

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Muhammad Ali and the Draft

How the boxing champion's refusal to go to Vietnam made him a hero to 1960s radicals

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The Ballerina and the Coup

In April 1959 Dame Margot Fonteyn was part of a bizarre plot against Panama's government.

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The Shooting of Rudi Dutschke

In 1968 German students called for a revolution when their leader Rudi Dutschke was shot

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The death of Hitler

On April 30th 1945 Adolf Hitler killed himself in a bunker beneath Berlin.

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Australia's Aboriginal Referendum

In May 1967 campaigning began across Australia to consolidate Aboriginal rights

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The Children's Crusade

Thousands of black American children protest against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama

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The White Collar Art Collectors

In 1992 an ex-postal worker and his wife donated a priceless art collection to a gallery

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IRA Hunger Strike

In 1981 the British government was faced with prisoners on hunger strike

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Pavarotti's UK Debut

On May 7th 1963 Luciano Pavarotti first perfomed on a British stage, in Northern Ireland

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The Secret US Bombing of Cambodia

In May 1969 the New York Times revealed that US war planes were secretly bombing Cambodia

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FA Cup - The Matthews Final

It is 60 years since England's football legend Stanley Matthews led his team to victory

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The Arctic Convoys

Allied ships battled arctic storms, bombers and U-boats to ferry supplies to Russia in WW2

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The Great Gatsby

Author F. Scott Fitzgerald as remembered by two close personal links

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Polish Protests in 1968

As rebellion swept across Europe, Polish students called for democratic change in Poland

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Announcing an Ethiopian Coup

The journalist who became an unwitting voice against Ethiopian ruler Col. Mengistu

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The Death of Marlene Dietrich

It is 21 years since screen star Marlene Dietrich died in Paris at the age of 90

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Dambusters

A crewman's account of the famous British raid on Hitler's dams in 1943.

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Protect and Survive

In May 1980 the British government published a booklet on how to survive nuclear war

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The Murder of Aldo Moro

It is 35 years since the Italian Prime Minister, Aldo Moro was found dead in a car in Rome

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The Watergate Hearings

The scandal which lead to President Richard Nixon standing down 40 years ago

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