The story of our times told by the people who were there.
In February 1992 a group of Venezuelan army officers staged a coup, among them Hugo Chavez
Thirty years ago, Nigeria expelled up to 2 million African migrants. Most were Ghanaian
The great French writer remembered by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.
It is 30 years since the Derby winner was abducted from a stud farm in Ireland.
It is fifty years since the suicide of American poet Sylvia Plath
The killing of a toddler in Liverpool 20 years ago that shocked Britain
In the 1990s, the Algerian military was locked in a brutal struggle with radical Islamists
In February 1942 Britain's stronghold in South East Asia fell to the Japanese.
The British bus driver who took peace campaigners to Iraq ahead of the 2003 invasion
In 1995, archaeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery
Betty Friedan's book kickstarted the modern women's movement.
How four days of huge protests brought down Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
In 1963 Welsh nationalists took up arms against the construction of a controversial dam
Seventy years ago, three German students were executed for protesting against Hitler.
In 1994 Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream was stolen from a Norwegian art museum.
How Islamic extremists tried to blow up the Twin Towers eight years before 9/11.
Forty years ago, American Indian activists staged a protest against the US authorities.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor tells the story of electing Pope Benedict in April 2005
It is 70 years since 173 people were crushed to death at an air-raid shelter in London
It is 25 years since violence broke out in the city of Sumgait in Azerbaijan.
One man's mission to bring fun back to the battle-scarred Swat Valley in Pakistan.
Fifteen years ago a new "wonder" drug was approved for use in the United States.
In 1975 a US airman announced he was gay, to test the military's attitude to homosexuals.
In 1959 the people of Tibet turned against Chinese occupying forces.
