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The First Foetal Surgery

On the 10th May 1981 a baby was born after a successful operation while in the womb.

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The Walker Spy Ring

In 1985 members of the US spy ring were arrested for selling Navy secrets to the USSR.

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The Dambusters Raid

The famous British raid on German dams during World War Two.

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The First Montessori Nursery

In 1907 Italian doctor, Maria Montessori, radically changed the way young children learn.

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May 1968 Paris Riots

A riot policeman's view of the violence which swept through France in 1968.

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Look Back in Anger

The play Look Back in Anger changed British theatre when it was staged in 1956

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Defusing Nuclear Bombs: The Goldsboro 'Broken Arrow'

How Lt. Jack ReVelle disarmed two thermonuclear bombs which crashed in North Carolina.

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President Suharto Resigns

On May 21st 1998 the president of Indonesia resigned after 31 years in power.

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China's Barefoot Doctors

In 1968 Chairman Mao sent thousands of young people into rural China to work as doctors.

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Pakistan's Theatre Revolution

The launch of Ajoka, the group which pioneered theatre for social change in Pakistan.

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Deaf University Protest

How deaf students forced their American university to appoint a deaf president.

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Lesbian Protest on 大象传媒 News

On 23 May 1988 a group of lesbian activists invaded a 大象传媒 TV news studio as it was on air

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The Rajneesh Poisoning Scandal

How the followers of an Indian guru tried to poison their opponents in Oregon, USA.

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Shoah the Film

Shoah, Claude Lanzmann's epic nine-hour film on the Holocaust was released in spring 1985

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Wine Shock: The Judgement of Paris

How California stunned the French wine world in the 1970s.

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The 大象传媒 at Caversham

For 75 years the 大象传媒 ran a monitoring service based in an English stately home.

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Canadian Indigenous Protest

Plans to expand a golf course led to a stand-off between Mohawks and Canadian police.

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The First Bicycle Sharing Scheme

In the mid 1960s a Dutch engineer came up with a scheme to share bikes and cut pollution.

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The Thalidomide Trial

Executives of the German company that made the drug Thalidomide went on trial in May 1968

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Free Health Care For All

In 1948 Britain launched the National Health Service, NHS

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Isaac Asimov and Science Fiction

The American writer and scientist considered one of the greats of Science Fiction.

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Lyuba the Baby Mammoth

How a herdsman found the perfectly preserved body of a 42,000-year-old baby mammoth.

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Couch to 5K

The birth of the running programme that got millions off their sofas and out jogging

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The Assassinaton Attempt that Sparked a Middle East War

In 1982, a Palestinian gunman attacked the Israeli ambassador to London, Shlomo Argov

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The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt

In June 1968, students in Belgrade rebelled against Yugoslavia's 'market socialism'

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The Death of General Sani Abacha

Nigeria's military ruler died suddenly in June 1998.

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The Execution of Adolf Eichmann

Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in the early hours of June 1st 1962

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Korea Divided

The Korean peninsula was split between North and South at the end of World War Two.

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The Beginning of the Korean War

North Korean communist troops invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950.

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The GI Who Chose China

After the Korean war ended a few American prisoners chose to try life under communism.

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