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Escape from the KGB

In July 1985, Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking Soviet spy defected to the UK

• 9 mins

The Death of General Sani Abacha

The Doctor who tried to save Nigeria's Military Ruler.

• 8 mins

Tamil Doctors and the Sri Lankan War

In July 2009 doctors were forced to re-assess the number of casualties in the war.

• 8 mins

One Hundred Years of Solitude

In 1967 the best-selling Latin American novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was published.

• 9 mins

The Death of MKO Abiola

Nigerian opposition leader died suddenly days before his expected release from prison

• 10 mins

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

In July 1945, the American warship was torpedoed in the shark-infested Pacific Ocean.

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Marie Curie

Winner of two Nobel prizes for her pioneering research into radioactivity

• 9 mins

James Salter: Writer and Pilot

The acclaimed American author recalls his time as a US fighter pilot during the Korean War

• 15 mins

Poison Gas in WW1

Soldiers who witnessed gas attacks recount their experiences in archive recordings

• 9 mins

The Manhattan Project

The first ever nuclear weapon was detonated by scientists in the USA on 16 July 1945

• 8 mins

Ghiggia: Uruguay鈥檚 World Cup Hero

Alcides Ghiggia scored a famous goal for Uruguay in a match at Brazil鈥檚 Maracana stadium

• 9 mins

CIA Mind Control Experiments

In the 1950s the CIA began attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients.

• 8 mins

Tehran's Red Light District

In July 1979 Iran's new Islamic government closed down Tehran's red-light district.

• 9 mins

The Death of Walter Rodney

In 1980, the Guyanese opposition leader Dr Walter Rodney was killed in a bomb explosion.

• 15 mins

The Tulia Drug Bust

A drug sting in a small Texas town in 1999 went badly wrong and caused a national scandal

• 8 mins

Britain's Landslide 1945 Election

In July 1945 Labour won a surprise victory, defeating war-time leader Winston Churchill

• 9 mins

Chilean Students Set on Fire

Chilean soldiers attacked and burnt two students during protests in July 1986.

• 9 mins

Scouts in the Warsaw Uprising

On 1 August 1944, the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation of Poland began

• 8 mins

First Inter-racial Kiss on TV

In July 1964, a white actor and a black actress, kissed, live, on a British TV show

• 9 mins

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

In August 1960 the controversial Oscar-nominated psychological thriller was released

• 8 mins

Afghanistan's First Coup

In July 1973 military officers staged a coup which toppled the monarchy in Afghanistan

• 9 mins

First Cochlear Implant

In August 1978 an Australian doctor successfully fitted a multi-channel cochlear implant.

• 9 mins

The Plot to Kill Iranian Writers

In August 1996 in Iran, there was a plot to kill 21 writers on a bus jouney to Armenia

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The Bombing of Hiroshima

A Japanese schoolgirl tells her story of surviving the US nuclear attack on Hiroshima

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Singapore Independence

Singapore leaves the Federation of Malaysia and becomes an independent sovereign state

• 8 mins

The Great Iraqi Defection

In 1995 two of the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's son-in-laws defected to Jordan.

• 9 mins

The World's Most Valuable T-Rex

Peter Larson tells us how his team discovered the most complete T-Rex fossil in the world

• 9 mins

Devil's Island

A convict's experience of the notorious French penal colony in South America.

• 9 mins

The Man Who Published Harry Potter

In 1996 struggling author JK Rowling finds a publisher at last for wizard Harry Potter.

• 9 mins

The Inuit Children Experiment

Helen Thiesen recalls being taken from her family in Greenland and sent to live in Denmark

• 15 mins