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The Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

On 24 April 1980, the US launched a disastrous attempt to free its hostages in Iran

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The Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout

A 1932 protest which helped win the right to roam freely across the English countryside

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The Fall of Saigon

In 1975 US troops airlifted hundreds of people out of Saigon as the Vietnam War ended.

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The Sinking of the Lusitania

1,200 died when a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner off Ireland in 1915

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Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

Rob Walker reports on an attempt to free hostages from the US embassy in Iran in 1980.

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The Murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero

Two witnesses give their account of the shooting of the archbishop of El Salvador.

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Italy in World War One

One soldier's diary account of the brutal Italian campaign fought in the Alps

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Australia's Rabbit Plague

How Australia battled a plague of rabbits which was destroying its agricultural economy.

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Protect and Survive

In May 1980 the British government published a booklet about how to survive nuclear war

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The Welsh in Patagonia

In May 1865 a group of Welsh settlers left Liverpool for Patagonia

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The Heysel Stadium Disaster

Thirty-nine people died during the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus.

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The Burning of the Jaffna Public Library

On June 1st 1981, the public library in the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna was set on fire.

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The Golden Gate Bridge

In early June 1937 San Francisco was celebrating the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge

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The Death of Ayatollah Khomeini

Chaos at the funeral of Iran's leader as millions gathered to mourn his death.

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The Eichmann Tapes

The Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann gave hours of interview before his capture and trial

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Eichmann in Argentina

In 1960, leading Nazi Adolf Eichmann was abducted in Argentina and smuggled to Israel.

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Britain's first referendum on Europe

In June 1975, Britain held a referendum on its membership of the Common Market

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Women's Institute at 100

The British women's organisation set up to revitalise rural communities during WW1

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Refugee Boat Tragedy

In June 1988 the US Navy came across a boat of Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea

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Denmark's Inuit Experiment

In 1951 a group of Inuit children were sent to Denmark for re-education as "little Danes"

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The Death of Walter Rodney

The Guyanese historian and political activist Walter Rodney was killed by a bomb in 1980

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The Six Day War: A Palestinian view

The Six Day War of 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbours changed the Middle East

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Flying to Freedom

In June 1970 a group of mainly Jewish dissidents tried to escape from the USSR by plane

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Inter-racial Marriage in South Africa

In June 1985 the ban on inter-racial marriage in South Africa was finally lifted.

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Iran's Cultural Revolution

How Iran's Islamic hardliners shut down universities to drive out secular groups

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The Six Day War: A Jewish view

After the Six Day War in June 1967 Jews in Arab countries like Libya had to flee

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Britain's First Black Woman MP

In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament

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Air India Flight 182

On 23 June 1985 a passenger plane was blown out of the sky by Sikh extremists

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Communist Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR

In June 1948 Marshal Tito shocked the world by shunning his former Soviet ally, Stalin.

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James Salter: Writer and Pilot

The acclaimed American author died on 19 June 2015, aged 90

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