The story of our times told by the people who were there.
The daughter of the Soviet dictator, Svetlana defected to the West in 1967
In 1929 a Russian inventor brought an electronic musical instrument to the USA.
Throughout World War II, Myra Hess organised concerts in London's National Gallery.
In 1982 a British director found himself in a court battle over sex and nudity on stage.
On 15 March 1990, a young British journalist was executed in Iraq.
On 16 March 1968, US soldiers went on the rampage through a Vietnamese village.
Forty five years ago it was the biggest oil spill the world had ever seen.
On 20 March 2003 the US and its allies began their air strikes against Iraq.
In March 1995 members of a Japanese cult released nerve gas in the metro.
In the 1950s, US engineers were sent to Afghanistan to build a dam.
In 1961 President Kennedy set up a scheme to send idealistic young Americans abroad.
The Pope's visit changed relations between the Catholic Church and Cuba's government
In 1990 an Anglican priest living in Zimbabwe was the victim of a letter bomb.
How a young designer became a legend in the world of shoes.
A 100 years ago the British explorer died after failing to be the first to the South Pole.
How thousands of children stranded during war in Sudan were finally resettled in the USA.
It is 30 years since Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands.
An Argentine soldier's account of invading the Falkland Islands in 1982.
In 1982, women took to the streets to demand the right to give birth naturally
How thousands of Bosnians tried to stop their capital falling under siege in 1992.
The frantic negotiations that led to a historic peace deal for Northern Ireland in 1998.
In 1961, Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi in charge of concentration camps, was tried in Israel.
Castro met Richard Nixon and addressed large crowds to win over critics of the revolution
It is 25 years since the great Italian author and Auschwitz survivor died.
