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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.
Benidorm
The story of the mayor who created one of the world's biggest holiday resorts.
Hitler's League Of German Girls
An elderly German recalls her years as a leader in the Hitler Youth for girls.
The Lake Nyos Disaster
The mysterious death of villagers and livestock in north-western Cameroon
The Mine Disaster That Devastated Post-War Italy
How an accident at Marcinelle in Belgium killed more than 100 Italian migrant workers.
Surviving the "Death Railway"
A prisoner of war describes the deadly conditions building the bridge over the River Kwai
The First MRI Scan
Dr Raymond Damadian attempted the first magnetic resonance scan of a human body.
The Battle for Brick Lane
In 1978 the racist murder of a young Bengali galvanised an immigrant community in London.
Living Under Gaddafi
A military coup in Libya in September 1969 brought Muammar Gaddafi to power.
From Leningrad to St Petersburg
In a hugely symbolic act Leningrad returned to its historic name of St Petersburg in 1991
WWI: The Hundred Days Offensive
First-hand s of the Allied offensive that finally brought the bloody war to an end
The Ship that Dumped America's Waste
How campaigners fought to stop the 'Khian Sea' from off-loading tons of US waste abroad
Appeasement
In September 1938 Neville Chamberlain tried to negotiate with Hitler over Czechoslovakia.
The Killing of Steve Biko
The brutal death in custody of the anti-Apartheid activist in September 1977.
How I Survived a Fire on a Plane
One young man was the only enger to survive a fire on a plane - find out how.
The Truth About Crop Circles
Thought to be left by UFOs the phenomena was resolved when two men came forward in 1991.
The Fifteen Guinea Special
The train signaled the end of the steam age on Britain's main-line rail network in 1968
The Cuban Five
The case of five Cuban spies arrested in Miami in September 1998
The Arnhem Parachute Drop
In 'Operation Market Garden' thousands of Allied troops parachuted into Nazi-held Holland
The Battle of Algiers
The film that tells the true story of the Algerians' fight for their capital Algiers
