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Latvia's Controversial Waffen-SS Fighters

In 1998 Latvian Waffen-SS veterans marched to remember a battle against the Soviets.

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The Skull Valley Sheep Kill

Did a nerve agent kill 6,000 sheep close to a US military testing site in 1968?

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Elvis in the US Army

How the 'King' of Rock'n'Roll became a GI in 1958 and served during the Cold War

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A Brief History of Time

Physicist Stephen Hawking's best-seller, A Brief History of Time, was published in 1988

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Radiocarbon Dating of the Turin Shroud

In 1988 scientists performed a carbon dating test on the Shroud of Turin.

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Who Killed Luis Colosio?

The murder of a presidential candidate that shocked Mexico.

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First Women on the London Stock Exchange

The women who broke tradition shocking London's top-hatted stockbrokers.

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Sarajevo: Singing for Peace

How a multi-faith choir brought together survivors of the Bosnian civil war.

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The 'Oasis of Peace'

The story of Wahat al-Salam, Neve Shalom where Jews and Arabs live side by side in peace.

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Mapping the Ocean's Secrets

Marie Tharp's discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge proved the theory of plate tectonics

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The Good Friday Agreement

The deal which brought peace to Northern Ireland after decades of violence.

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The Invention of Semtex

The Czech plastic explosive that was once undetectable to security services

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The UNAbomber

How the UNAbomber Ted Kaczynski was caught after his brother turned him in

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Russia's Bitter Taste of Capitalism

Chaos and hardship hit Russia with the rapid market reforms in early 1992.

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2001 A Space Odyssey

Actor Keir Dullea recalls starring in Stanley Kubrick's ground-breaking sci-fi movie

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The Emergency Rescue Committee

The Emergency Rescue Committee helped save intellectuals and artists from the Nazis

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Woodfall Films

The film company which changed British cinema.

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The First Frozen Embryo Baby

Zoe Leyland was born in Australia on April 11th 1984 after her mother's IVF treatment.

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The Zimbabwe Massacres

Robert Mugabe sent troops to put down opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe in 1983.

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The Soviet Spy Scandal

In 1971 during the Cold War, the UK expelled 90 Soviet diplomats suspected of spying.

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The Shooting of Rudi Dutschke

The German student leader was shot in April 1968, leading to protests in West Berlin.

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World War One: Germany's Spring Offensive 1918

Germany launched a huge offensive on the Western Front in a last gamble to win the war.

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Rebuilding the Site of the Twin Towers

How a team of architects were given the responsibility to repair New York's skyline.

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The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

In April 1945 British troops discovered the horrors of the Holocaust in a camp in Germany

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The Last Keeper of the Light

The island of Skellig Michael has lighthouses, and a striking role in Star Wars films.

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Earth Day

In 1970, 20 million Americans came out to demonstrate for a sustainable environment.

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World War One: The Red Baron

Veterans remember the famous German air ace who was killed in April 1918

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Swimming The Bering Strait

How an American swimmer crossed the "Ice Curtain" between the USA and the Soviet Union.

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The Oslo Peace Talks

How secret negotiations in Norway led to an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.

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Scottish Prison Experiment

A special unit in a Glasgow jail began offering art therapy to violent prisoners in 1973.

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