The story of our times told by the people who were there.
In September 1996 the Taliban took over the Afghan capital Kabul
On 30 September 1955 the Hollywood actor, James Dean, crashed his car and died
In 1989, Denmark became the first country to celebrate same-sex civil unions
In October 1964, Japan launched the fastest train the world had ever seen
Country music legend Willie Nelson holds the first benefit concert for American farmers.
In October 1942 Norwegian commandos began a series of raids on a heavy water plant
The conflict between white Afrikaner settlers and the British empire in South Africa
A prominent figure in the Cuban Revolution, Guevara was captured and killed in Bolivia
An international conference in 1985 changed the history of climate change
The negotiations that promised 'One country two systems' when the territory changed hands
In 1957 Lennon and McCartney performed together for the first time in The Quarrymen
In October 1964 the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was ousted in a Kremlin coup
Mass demonstrations in Leipzig triggered the collapse of communism in East Germany
In 1889 London's despised dockers went on strike. It went on to form the labour movement
In 1996 the play 'The Vagina Monologues was first performed in New York.
In October 1986, the acclaimed Nigerian journalist, Dele Giwa, was assassinated in Lagos
In 1984 Ethiopia suffered one of its worst ever famines - the pictures shocked the world
In 1999 the leader of Turkey's Kurdish rebel group was arrested
In October 1975 the journalist Vladimir Herzog was killed by the secret police in Brazil.
In 1973, the Arabs launched an attack on Israel in a war both sides claimed they'd won
In Oct 1964 cat-burglars carried out one of the most audacious jewel robberies ever
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot by her bodyguards on 31 October, 1984
In October 1973, an Arab oil embargo caused world oil prices to rocket
Hear from an Afghan who worked alongside UK troops in Afghanistan.
