The story of our times told by the people who were there.
One of the longest-serving leaders of the Soviet Union died on the 10 of November 1982.
Over 50 years ago a white journalist tried living as a black man in America's Deep South.
The original story of betrayal at sea - from contemporary eyewitness testimonies.
The memories of a German Jew who grew up across the street from Adolf Hitler.
In 1984 doctors in California tried a revolutionary operation on a two-week-old baby girl.
It's 27 years since over 20,000 people died when a volcano erupted in western Colombia.
Created to tackle China's expanding population, but how was the one-child policy enforced?
The Filipino stone-age cave dwellers who fooled the scientific community.
How the Mexican-American trade union leader Cesar Chavez inspired Latinos in the 1960s.
In November 1971 a young American artist decided to get a friend to take a shot at him.
How a fire devastated Queen Elizabeth's weekend home in 1992.
In 1969 the first President of Uganda, Edward Mutesa, died in exile in London.
Lee Harvey Oswald had spent two years living in the USSR after serving there as a Marine
20 years ago the world's first webcam was set up - and it was pointed at a pot of coffee.
In November 1975, an incredible mutiny took place aboard a Soviet warship in the Baltic.
In November 2005, doctors in France carried out the first ever face transplant.
The story of one of the most prolific art forgers of the 20th Century.
In November 1979, Iranian revolutionaries stormed the US embassy in Tehran.
The story of Christine Jorgensen who had surgery to change her sex from a man to a woman.
In December 1984 thousands of people in the Indian city were killed by a chemical leak.
In 1932 a row between England and Australia over cricket became a diplomatic incident.
How the worst smog in living memory lasted five days and killed thousands of Londoners.
On 6 December 1989, a college shooting in Canada left 14 women dead.
A German teenager managed to evade Soviet defences to land in Moscow's Red Square.
