The story of our times told by the people who were there.
The biggest refugee camp in the world was established 21 years ago.
In June 1948 Soviet troops cut supply lines around West Berlin in Germany.
A Frenchwoman remembers life under Nazi occupation during the Second World War.
Reform in the Soviet Union, known as perestroika, was launched 25 years ago in 1987.
In June 1947 the diary of Anne Frank was published for the very first time.
It is over 40 years since a brief but bloody war between Honduras and El Salvador.
It is 15 years since a replica of Shakespeare's Globe theatre was opened in London.
In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China after 150 years of British rule.
During World War II, Allied bombing raids brought death and destruction to German cities.
In July 1937 the female flyer disappeared in her plane somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
In 1982 4,000 people got married in a mass blessing carried out by Reverend Sun Myung Moon
Egypt now has a president from the Muslim Brotherhood - hear how it started 84 years ago.
It is 50 years since the end of French colonial rule in Algeria.
On 7 July 2005, London was thrown into chaos by four bomb attacks.
It is 50 years since the first ever transatlantic satellite TV broadcast.
The story of the American businessman who built the home of the 91热爆 World Service.
The 91热爆 World Service is leaving Bush House in central London after 70 years there.
In July 1976 four foreign mercenaries were executed for their part in Angola's civil war.
How working with Paul Simon made South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo global stars.
It is 35 years since the streets of the Big Apple were plunged into darkness.
In July 1997 the Italian fashion designer, Gianni Versace, was shot dead.
How the killing of a young Basque councillor sparked huge anti-ETA protests in Spain.
Beginning in the 1950s the CIA made attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients.
It is 25 years since the poet was imprisoned without trial in Malawi.
