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Italy's 'Ghost Shipwreck'
How journalists located the wreck of a boat that capsized killing nearly 300 migrants
The Killing of the Russian Tsar
The Russian Tsar and his family were shot in a cellar in Yekaterinburg on 17 July 1918
The Virgin Lands Campaign
To fight food shortages in the 1950s the USSR embarked on a major agricultural project
The Bombing of the King David Hotel
The attack by an armed Jewish group on British HQ in Palestine that left 91 dead.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed in July 1968
A Vet Re The Hyde Park Bombing
Two IRA bombs in London parks killed 11 military personnel and 7 horses on 20th July 1982
South Korea's Summer Of Terror
How thousands of suspected communist sympathisers were killed in South Korea in 1950.
The Kitchen Debate
When two Cold War leaders argued about living standards in their countries.
The Whitewashing of Zimbabwe's Ancient History
The contentious history of the ruined city of Great Zimbabwe - finally revealed.
Winston Churchill's Election Defeat
In July l945 Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill was ousted in a general election
Women At West Point
In July 1976, female cadets were itted to the US Military Academy for the first time.
WW1: Britain's Conscientious Objectors
Thousands went to prison for refusing to Britain's war effort.
Shambo The Sacred Bull
How a bull's health led to a stand-off between monks and the Welsh government in 2007.
The Retirement Home For Dancing Bears
The Bulgarian sanctuary that cares for bears once forced to dance.
The Search for Iran's Nuclear Programme
In 2003 Iran agreed to let the IAEA into the country to inspect its nuclear facilities.
The First CIA Coup in Latin America
Guatemala's president was ousted from power by army officers backed by the CIA in 1954.
The Azeri-Armenian Village Swap
How two villages, Armenian and Azeri, managed to avoid ethnic violence by swapping homes
When Buckingham Palace Opened Its Doors
Queen Elizabeth II first opened her home to the paying public on August 7th 1993.
The Battle of the Potato Beetles
Communist East claimed US planes were dropping beetles on their crops
Israel's Secret Peace Envoy
In August 1994 Yitzhak Rabin became the first Israeli leader to visit Jordan
The Burma Uprising of 1988
On August 8th 1988 the Burmese military cracked down on anti-government demonstrators.
Vera Brittain: Anti-Bombing Campaigner
During WW2 the feminist and writer Vera Brittain spoke out against the bombing of
Photographing Martin Luther King and His Family
Moneta Sleet, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.
The Omagh Bombing
In August 1998, 29 people died in a massive car bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
When TV Came To South Africa
Apartheid South Africa finally launched the country's first TV service in 1976.
The Invention of Instant Noodles
The creation in 1958 of a new product that would revolutionise mealtimes worldwide.
The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
A bank robbery, a three-day car chase and a journalist who got too close to the story.
Prague Spring
The student who appealed for the world's help when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia
USSR Wages War on Alcohol
Sales of alcohol in the USSR were limited in 1985 in a bid to fight drunkenness.
Baba of Karo
The groundbreaking autobiography of a woman who grew up in 19th century Nigeria
Hitler's Architect
Albert Speer was Hitler's architect. We talk to a journalist who interviewed him.
