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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
Brazil's Nuclear Accident
Hundreds of people were contaminated when a disused radiotherapy machine was scrapped.
The South African Army In Lesotho
South Africa sent 600 soldiers into Lesotho to quell political unrest in September 1998
Isadora Duncan - Dance Pioneer
Sometimes called the 'Mother of Modern Dance'
The Creation of the Cervical Cancer Vaccine
The scientific breakthrough that saved the lives of thousands of women
Fighting in the Iran-Iraq War
The war lasted for 8 years and is thought to have left over a million people dead.
The Bridge Which United Sweden and Denmark
The bridge which connected neighbours across the water and inspired a TV hit worldwide.
Racial Equality in Britain - Learie Constantine
The former West Indies cricketer took a London hotel to court in 1943
The Street Battle That Rocked Brazil
A clash between students in 1968 paved the way for a hardening of military rule.
The Invention of Artificial Skin
How a chemist and a surgeon found a way of helping burns to heal.
The Soviet Union's Fashion Revolutionary
Slava Zaitsev created the first high fashion collections in the USSR.
Howl: The Poem That Revolutionised US Writing
How Allan Ginsberg's reading in San Francisco in 1955 started the "Beat Generation".
Reform of the House of Lords
How Britain's Labour government tried to kick the aristocrats out of Parliament
Anti-traveller Riots in Sweden
In 1948 violence broke out against Romany-speaking traveller people in Sweden
The Nazi Black Book
During WW2 listed the people it wanted to arrest should Britain fall to the Nazis
Austria at War
The story of a young Austrian woman who survived World War Two and the allied occupation
