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May 1968 Paris Riots
A riot policeman's view of the violence which swept through in 1968.
Look Back in Anger
The play Look Back in Anger changed British theatre when it was staged in 1956
Defusing Nuclear Bombs: The Goldsboro 'Broken Arrow'
How Lt. Jack ReVelle disarmed two thermonuclear bombs which crashed in North Carolina.
President Suharto Resigns
On May 21st 1998 the president of Indonesia resigned after 31 years in power.
China's Barefoot Doctors
In 1968 Chairman Mao sent thousands of young people into rural China to work as doctors.
Pakistan's Theatre Revolution
The launch of Ajoka, the group which pioneered theatre for social change in Pakistan.
Deaf University Protest
How deaf students forced their American university to appoint a deaf president.
Lesbian Protest on BBC News
On 23 May 1988 a group of lesbian activists invaded a BBC TV news studio as it was on air
The Rajneesh Poisoning Scandal
How the followers of an Indian guru tried to poison their opponents in Oregon, USA.
Shoah the Film
Shoah, Claude Lanzmann's epic nine-hour film on the Holocaust was released in spring 1985
Wine Shock: The Judgement of Paris
How California stunned the French wine world in the 1970s.
The BBC at Caversham
For 75 years the BBC ran a monitoring service based in an English stately home.
Canadian Indigenous Protest
Plans to expand a golf course led to a stand-off between Mohawks and Canadian police.
The First Bicycle Sharing Scheme
In the mid 1960s a Dutch engineer came up with a scheme to share bikes and cut pollution.
The Thalidomide Trial
Executives of the German company that made the drug Thalidomide went on trial in May 1968
Free Health Care For All
In 1948 Britain launched the National Health Service, NHS
Isaac Asimov and Science Fiction
The American writer and scientist considered one of the greats of Science Fiction.
Lyuba the Baby Mammoth
How a herdsman found the perfectly preserved body of a 42,000-year-old baby mammoth.
Couch to 5K
The birth of the running programme that got millions off their sofas and out jogging
The Assassinaton Attempt that Sparked a Middle East War
In 1982, a Palestinian gunman attacked the Israeli ambassador to London, Shlomo Argov
The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt
In June 1968, students in Belgrade rebelled against Yugoslavia's 'market socialism'
The Death of General Sani Abacha
Nigeria's military ruler died suddenly in June 1998.
The Execution of Adolf Eichmann
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in the early hours of June 1st 1962
Korea Divided
The Korean peninsula was split between North and South at the end of World War Two.
The Beginning of the Korean War
North Korean communist troops invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950.
The GI Who Chose China
After the Korean war ended a few American prisoners chose to try life under communism.
The Unified Korean Table Tennis Team
How ping pong brought together athletes from bitter rivals North and South Korea.
The Death of Kim Il-sung
The founding father of communist North Korea died in July 1994.
The Battered Child
The American doctor who forced the medical profession to face up to child abuse.
Bata the Shoemaker's Revolution
Bata, a Czech company, pioneered assembly line shoemaking
Wittenoom: An Australian Tragedy
How a town built around an asbestos mine made its residents fatally ill.
