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Sudan's Lost Boys

How thousands of children stranded during war in Sudan were finally resettled in the USA.

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The Falklands War

It is 30 years since Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands.

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The Falklands War - Part Two

An Argentine soldier's account of invading the Falkland Islands in 1982.

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Active Birth Movement

In 1982, women took to the streets to demand the right to give birth naturally

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Sarajevo peace protests

How thousands of Bosnians tried to stop their capital falling under siege in 1992.

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Good Friday Agreement

The frantic negotiations that led to a historic peace deal for Northern Ireland in 1998.

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Eichmann on Trial

In 1961, Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi in charge of concentration camps, was tried in Israel.

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Fidel Castro in the USA

Castro met Richard Nixon and addressed large crowds to win over critics of the revolution

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The death of Primo Levi

It is 25 years since the great Italian author and Auschwitz survivor died.

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Pulitzer Prize scandal

In 1981 a Pulitzer Prize was awarded to a young journalist who had made-up her story.

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The sinking of the Titanic

It is 100 years since the great ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage.

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Dissidents Declared Insane

How dissidents in the USSR were routinely declared insane and kept in mental institutions.

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Japanese embassy hostage crisis

In 1997, left-wing rebels held 71 people hostage for over four months in Peru.

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Auschwitz Convoy Escape

How a group of Jews escaped from a train bound for the Auschwitz death camp in 1943.

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Twenty-five years of the Simpsons

One of the most successful TV series ever was created by cartoonist Matt Groening.

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Rivers of Blood speech

In April 1968 a politician put race and immigration at the centre of British politics.

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The trial of Oscar Wilde

How a court case ruined the 19th century playwright and wit.

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75 years since Guernica

In April 1937 the Basque town of Guernica was firebombed during the Spanish Civil War.

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Gallipoli

One New Zealand soldier's account of surviving the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915

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Studio 54

It is 35 years since the legendary New York night club opened its doors to cool people.

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Mass Trespass

How walkers stormed an English peak in 1932 and started a fight for countryside access.

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The right to die

In 2002 a paralysed woman, known as Miss B, was allowed to die in a London hospital.

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The capture of President Izetbegovic

In May 1992 the Bosnian president was taken captive by Serb soldiers.

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The Los Angeles Riots

The people of South Central Los Angeles took to the streets in fury at police brutality

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Suicide of gay footballer

Justin Fashanu, Britain's first openly gay footballer, killed himself in May 1998.

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The General Strike

In May 1926 workers across Britain went on strike in support of coal miners.

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The trial of Charles Manson

He was responsible for a series of gruesome murders in the Hollywood hills.

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Attack on Fela Kuti

The Nigerian military stormed the musician's compound in Lagos, Kalakuta Republic

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The Psychiatrist and Rudolf Hess

How a British psychiatrist examined the deputy Nazi leader after his flight to Scotland.

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Paris 1968

How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government.

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