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Judgement at Nuremberg

It is 75 years since verdicts were delivered on leading German Nazis at Nuremberg

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The enduring legend of Fu Manchu

The evil criminal mastermind Fu Manchu was a recurring film character for decades

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The end of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising

On November 4th 1956 Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest crushing the anti-Soviet uprising

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When Eritrea silenced its critics

How a journalist tried to escape Eritrea's historic crackdown on critics and the press

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Britain's Black Schools

The alternative schools for black British children set up to counter racist attitudes.

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Chanel No. 5

One of the world's most famous perfumes was launched in 1921

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Spying in Berlin

At the height of the Cold War Berlin was known as the spy capital of the world.

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The South African football star murdered for being a lesbian

How the killing of a female footballer got South Africa talking about ‘corrective rape’.

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Kuwaiti oil fires of 1991

As the first Gulf War ended, retreating Iraqi forces set light to oil wells in the desert

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Shoot: A milestone in performance art

In November 1971, Chris Burden asked a friend to shoot him in the name of art

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The capture of war criminal Radovan Karadzic

How Serbia finally caught one of Europe's most wanted men in Belgrade in 2008.

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

How a particular form of psychotherapy became popular for treating anxiety and depression

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Sudan's October Revolution

How Sudanese civilian protesters first brought down a military regime in 1964

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Russia’s Democracy pioneer

Galina Starovoitova, the murdered politician who championed democracy in '90s Russia

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The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt

The story behind one of Klimt's most famous paintings

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Europe's last smallpox epidemic

The virologist who helped tackle the last smallpox outbreak in Europe

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The doctor who helped her mother to die

How a Dutch doctor’s euthanasia dilemma changed the world.

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Estonia’s internet ‘Tiger Leap’

Estonia started connecting all schools to the internet in 1996 ahead of other countries

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The assassination of the Mirabal sisters

Three sisters, all political activists, were murdered in 1960 in the Dominican Republic

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The Aids 'patient zero' myth

How Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic.

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The early days of HIV/Aids

The experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.

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AZT: The breakthrough treatment for Aids

How the first successful Aids drug was developed and approved in record time in 1987

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South Africa and Aids drugs

How activists fought successfully for cheaper Aids treatment in South Africa.

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Derek Jarman

The British experimental film-maker who spoke out about Aids in the 1980s.

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Fighting 'virginity tests' in the Indonesian police

How an Indonesian policewoman campaigned to ban intrusive examinations of female recruits

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The V2 rocket

How the Nazis secretly developed the first modern ballistic missile

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Spies or plane-spotters?

Why a group of British aircraft enthusiasts were arrested for spying in Greece in 2001.

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The Aldi kidnap

The abduction of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the discount supermarket chain ALDI.

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The explosion heard by millions

In 2005 people across southern England woke up when a huge fuel depot exploded.

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The Bengali language movement

How a march in defence of Bengali galvanised demands for an independent Bangladesh.

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