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Prague Spring

The student who appealed for the world's help when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia

• 9 mins

The Assassination of Benigno Aquino

On August 21 1983, the opposition leader, Benigno Aquino, was shot dead in the Philippines

• 9 mins

Legionnaires' Disease

In August 1976 more than 200 people developed a mystery illness at a hotel in Philadelphia

• 9 mins

Brazil Protests: Caras Pintadas

In 1992, a huge wave of protests forced President Collor of Brazil from office.

• 9 mins

The Ballerina and the Coup

In 1959, Dame Margot Fonteyn was part of a bizarre plot to overthrow the Panama government

• 15 mins

Krakatoa

In 1883, the Indonesian volcano caused one of the world's biggest disasters

• 9 mins

The Sherri Finkbine Abortion Case

How one Arizona couple's campaign for a termination split America in 1962

• 9 mins

I Have a Dream

Martin Luther King made his historic plea for racial equality at the March on Washington

• 9 mins

Aboriginal Strike

The first ever strike by Australian Aborigines to help free them from virtual slavery

• 9 mins

Women Murdered in Mexico

In 1993 young women began disappearing in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.

• 9 mins

Eritrea's Long War

A doctor who took part in Eritrea's 30 year struggle for independence from Ethiopia

• 9 mins

Jack The Ripper

In September 1888, the most famous serial killer in history stalked the streets of London.

• 9 mins

Fleeing from Laos

In 1973 the American war against communism in Laos ended leaving their allies behind

• 9 mins

Special Operations Executive

During WWII Britain set up a secret organisation to wage war in Nazi occupied Europe

• 9 mins

HMS Trinidad

George Lloyd, a young English composer, wrote a march for the ship he served on in WWII

• 9 mins

The Chile Coup

In September 1973 General Pinochet launched a coup in Chile. Ariel Dorfman was there.

• 14 mins

The Attica Prison Riot

In September 1971 prisoners in a high security jail in the US rose up against their guards

• 9 mins

US Airman Shot Down by Syria

In December 1983, a US airman was shot down while attacking Syrian forces in Lebanon

• 9 mins

Military Coup in Chile

On September 11th 1973, Gen Augusto Pinochet ousted the socialist government in Chile

• 9 mins

Saving the Tiger

In 1973 PM Indira Gandhi launched a campaign to save the Bengal Tiger from extinction

• 9 mins

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Four young black girls were killed in a racist bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

• 9 mins

US Airman Shot Down by Syrian Forces

In 1983, Lt Robert Goodman was captured while attacking Syrian positions in Lebanon.

• 15 mins

Evita's Odyssey

The disappearance of the remains in 1955 of Evita Peron, the revered Argentine first lady

• 9 mins

The Oslo Peace Accords

In September 1993 a peace agreement was signed between Israel and the Palestinians

• 9 mins

Anthrax Attacks

In Sept 2001 letters were sent to journalists containing the biological agent Anthrax

• 9 mins

Duke Ellington Plays Afghanistan

The jazz legend Duke Ellington played at a concert in Kabul In September 1963

• 9 mins

Iraqi Chemical Attacks

In 1988 the Reagan administration decided not to punish Iraq for gassing Kurds in Halabja

• 9 mins

Duke Ellington Plays Kabul

In September 1963, the jazz legend gave a concert in the Afghan capital.

• 15 mins

Re-education in Communist China

Hear from a British man who spent five years being 're-educated' in China in the 1950s

• 9 mins

Baywatch

Executive producer Michael Berk on the birth of a global hit TV show in September 1989

• 9 mins