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The Bombing Of Korean Flight 858

In 1987, 115 people died in an attack ordered by North Korea to disrupt the Olympic Games

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Sartre and de Beauvoir

The love affair between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir lasted for 50 years.

• 12 mins

Hull's 'Headscarf Revolutionaries'

The British fishermen's wives who fought for better safety standards in their industry

• 9 mins

Women's Rights In Iran

Iran's first ever Minister for Women's Affairs was appointed in 1975.

• 9 mins

Leonardo's Lost Notebooks

In 1967 two long-lost notebooks of the artist Leonardo da Vinci were discovered in Spain

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The Furies Collective: Lesbian Separatists

A group of US feminists set up a commune to live entirely without men in 1971.

• 9 mins

Vietnam War: The Battle for Hue

Communist forces overran the key city in 1968 triggering one of the war's biggest battles

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Ghana Must Go

Over a million African migrants, most of them Ghanaian, had to leave Nigeria in 1983

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Jimmy Swaggart's Fall From Grace

How one of America's most successful televangelists was caught with a prostitute

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The Boy in the Bubble

David Vetter was born with a disease which meant he lived inside a plastic bubble

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David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest

One of the biggest novels of the late twentieth century was published in February 1996.

• 9 mins

The Last Smallpox Outbreak

In India in 1974 thousands of people died in the world's last major smallpox epidemic

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The Angel of the North

The huge steel sculpture that has become an icon for the north-east of England.

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The Killing of Olof Palme

The Swedish Prime Minister was shot dead on a Stockholm street on February 28th 1986.

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M*A*S*H

The last episode of the iconic TV series broadcasts to record audiences across the US.

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China's Barefoot Doctors

How China's barefoot doctor scheme revolutionised rural healthcare.

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World War One: Russia at War

How Russia's disastrous war on the Eastern Front became a catalyst for revolution

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Wonder Woman

The first major female superhero was created by psychologist William Marston in 1941

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Deaf Rights Protest

Students at the world's first deaf-only University demand a deaf college President.

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The Life and Thought of Hannah Arendt

The life and thought of the leading 20th-century political thinker, Hannah Arendt

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Marie Stopes: Birth Control Pioneer

The first birth control clinic in Britain was opened in London in 1921 by Dr Marie Stopes

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Changing the Alphabet in Azerbaijan

After independence Azerbaijan changed from Russian Cyrillic script to Latin letters.

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The Moscow Show Trials

An eyewitness account of Stalin's purge of top Soviet leaders during the Great Terror.

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Surviving The My Lai Massacre

One of the worse US military atrocities took place during the Vietnam war.

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The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin America

How the 大象传媒 began Spanish and Portuguese broadcasts to fight the Nazis in the Americas

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Tancredo Neves - Doomed Hero of Brazilian Democracy

How the politician who led Brazil to democracy died before taking office as president.

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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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