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The early days of HIV/Aids

The experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus

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World's First Environment Conference

The man who first coralled the international community to hold an environment summit

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Imprisonment in Syria

As tensions in Syria worsen, we talk to a man who was jailed for opposing the Assad regime

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Attack on the Osirak reactor

It is 30 years since Israeli war planes destroyed a nuclear reactor in Iraq

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Mixed race marriage victory in US

How Mildred and Richard Loving fought to get mixed-race marriages legalised across the US

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Italian internees

When Italy joined WW2 in June 1940, British-Italian men were rounded up and interned

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OJ Simpson car chase

The LAPD detective who spoke to OJ Simpson as he was chased through Los Angeles in 1994

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Newspaper Editor Rachel Beer

The story of the rise and fall of the first ever female editor of a British newspaper

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East German Uprising

In June 1953 East German workers went on strike in protest at Soviet rule

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Nureyev defects to the West

On 16 June 1961 the great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev cut his ties with the Soviet Union

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Rape of Nanjing

How the Japanese army went on the rampage in the Chinese city of Nanjing in 1937

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Australian evacuee

During WWII British children were sent away from the cities to escape German bombs

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The Voyage of the Empire Windrush

The story of the coming of the first West Indian migrants to Britain, back in 1948

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Operation Barbarossa

An eyewitness account of the launch of Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union

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Fermat's Last Theorem

Andrew Wiles on solving the problem which had intrigued mathematicians for centuries

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Montserrat volcano

In June 1997 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat

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President Kennedy's Visit to Ireland

President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963

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Elian Gonzalez

The six-year-old boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana

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Secret war in Yemen

In the 1960s, British mercenaries joined the fighting in Yemen's civil war

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Camaron - Flamenco Legend

How a gypsy singer called Camaron de la Isla revolutionised the world of flamenco

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Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon

In 1975 he became the first African-American man to win the tennis tournament.

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Ron Kovic - Ex US Marine and peace activist

How ex-US Marine Ron Kovic became a peace activist after being paralysed in Vietnam

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Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the USA

In 1985 the Royal couple made their first joint visit to America

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Piper Alpha

We hear from a survivor from the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster that killed 167 people

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Bradford riots

It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England

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The space shuttle

It is more than 30 years since the launch of the first space shuttle

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Boycott of The Sun newspaper

How the people of Liverpool boycotted Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in the UK

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The Srebrenica massacre

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica

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Battle of Britain

A Battle of Britain pilot reflects on being shot down and almost drowning in the sea

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The Crusaders capture Jerusalem

The tale of the momentous and bloody capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099

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