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Camouflaging Leningrad in World War Two
Russian mountaineers disguised monuments in the city to protect them from enemy fire.
The Bombing Of Korean Flight 858
In 1987, 115 people died in an attack ordered by North Korea to disrupt the Olympic Games
Sartre and de Beauvoir
The love affair between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir lasted for 50 years.
Hull's 'Headscarf Revolutionaries'
The British fishermen's wives who fought for better safety standards in their industry
Women's Rights In Iran
Iran's first ever Minister for Women's Affairs was appointed in 1975.
Leonardo's Lost Notebooks
In 1967 two long-lost notebooks of the artist Leonardo da Vinci were discovered in Spain
The Furies Collective: Lesbian Separatists
A group of US feminists set up a commune to live entirely without men in 1971.
Vietnam War: The Battle for Hue
Communist forces overran the key city in 1968 triggering one of the war's biggest battles
Ghana Must Go
Over a million African migrants, most of them Ghanaian, had to leave Nigeria in 1983
Jimmy Swaggart's Fall From Grace
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The Boy in the Bubble
David Vetter was born with a disease which meant he lived inside a plastic bubble
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
One of the biggest novels of the late twentieth century was published in February 1996.
The Last Smallpox Outbreak
In India in 1974 thousands of people died in the world's last major smallpox epidemic
The Angel of the North
The huge steel sculpture that has become an icon for the north-east of England.
The Killing of Olof Palme
The Swedish Prime Minister was shot dead on a Stockholm street on February 28th 1986.
M*A*S*H
The last episode of the iconic TV series broadcasts to record audiences across the US.
China's Barefoot Doctors
How China's barefoot doctor scheme revolutionised rural healthcare.
World War One: Russia at War
How Russia's disastrous war on the Eastern Front became a catalyst for revolution
Wonder Woman
The first major female superhero was created by psychologist William Marston in 1941
Deaf Rights Protest
Students at the world's first deaf-only University demand a deaf college President.
The Life and Thought of Hannah Arendt
The life and thought of the leading 20th-century political thinker, Hannah Arendt
Marie Stopes: Birth Control Pioneer
The first birth control clinic in Britain was opened in London in 1921 by Dr Marie Stopes
Changing the Alphabet in Azerbaijan
After independence Azerbaijan changed from Russian Cyrillic script to Latin letters.
The Moscow Show Trials
An eyewitness of Stalin's purge of top Soviet leaders during the Great Terror.
Surviving The My Lai Massacre
One of the worse US military atrocities took place during the Vietnam war.
The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin America
How the BBC began Spanish and Portuguese broadcasts to fight the Nazis in the Americas
Tancredo Neves - Doomed Hero of Brazilian Democracy
How the politician who led Brazil to democracy died before taking office as president.
Latvia's Controversial Waffen-SS Fighters
In 1998 Latvian Waffen-SS veterans marched to a battle against the Soviets.
The Skull Valley Sheep Kill
Did a nerve agent kill 6,000 sheep close to a US military testing site in 1968?
Elvis in the US Army
How the 'King' of Rock'n'Roll became a GI in 1958 and served during the Cold War
A Brief History of Time
Physicist Stephen Hawking's best-seller, A Brief History of Time, was published in 1988
