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28/07/2018 GMT

Razia Iqbal brings us five more first-hand stories from recent history, including a remarkable account of the shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane by a US warship in 1988.

Razia Iqbal brings us five more first-hand stories from recent history. A remarkable account of the shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane by a US warship in 1988. The engineer who struggled to make the Sydney Opera House stand up. A woman who was caught up in the violent struggle for a Jewish state in British controlled Palestine. A story of deaf students making their voices heard - and a nurse who worked in Britain's National Health Service when it was first created in 1948.

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Thu 9 May 2019 23:30GMT

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