成人快手

The Death of Frida Kahlo

On 13 July 1954, celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo died at the age of 47.

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Steve Biko

Steve Biko led South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement before he was killed in 1977.

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The Crime That Shocked Argentina

In April 2004, the murder of a young student provoked a wave of protests in Argentina.

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Jailed for Speaking his Mind in China

Harry Wu was a young student jailed for nearly 20 years in Communist China.

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World War One in Africa

Rare recordings of African veterans of WW1 in East Africa

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The Port Arthur Massacre

The murder of 35 people by one gunman led to sweeping changes in Australia's gun laws.

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Remembering Chairman Mao

Chinese leader Mao Zedong died on 9 September 1976. Sidney Rittenberg knew him well.

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Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters

In 1964, author Ken Kesey led a group of friends on a psychedelic road trip across the USA

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The Sinking of the 'Joola' Ferry

In 2002 the 'Joola' ferry sank off Senegal with the loss of more than 1800 lives

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Leipzig - Before the Wall Came Down

Massive demonstrations in the East German city heralded the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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The Death of Che Guevara

In October 1967, the Marxist revolutionary was captured and killed in Bolivia.

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Voting Against the War on Terror

Only one person voted against giving the US president extra powers after 9/11: Barbara Lee

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The Soweto Uprising

In 1976, schoolchildren marched in protest at the apartheid regime in South Africa.

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The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya

In October 2006, the campaigning Russian journalist was shot outside her Moscow flat.

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The Destruction of Iraq's Marshes

In the 1990s Saddam Hussein oversaw the destruction of southern Iraq's ancient marshes

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The Nuremberg Trials

The story of the only surviving American prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials

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The Making of Kind of Blue

Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing with Miles Davis on the album that changed jazz forever

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The Hong Kong Riots of 1967

Striking workers and students filled the streets calling for an end to British rule.

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The Life and Death of Agatha Christie

The best-selling novelist in history, crime-writer Agatha Christie, died in January 1976

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Zeppelins Attack England

In January 1915 huge German Zeppelin airships began the first bombing raids on England

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The rise of England's football hooligans

The rise of violence between English football fans in the 1970s

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A Cure for Tuberculosis

Professor Denny Mitchison was a pioneer in the search for a cure for tuberculosis.

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The Sophiatown Removals

How apartheid destroyed one of the last multiracial communities in 1950s South Africa.

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Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis

The romance between the widowed US First Lady and the Greek shipping tycoon in the 1960s.

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Bloods and Crips truce

In April 1992, the main black street gangs in Los Angeles started a historic truce.

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Bloods and Crips

The truce in 1992 between the two main black street gangs in Los Angeles.

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The Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

On 24 April 1980, the US launched a disastrous attempt to free its hostages in Iran

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The Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout

A 1932 protest which helped win the right to roam freely across the English countryside

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The Fall of Saigon

In 1975 US troops airlifted hundreds of people out of Saigon as the Vietnam War ended.

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The Sinking of the Lusitania

1,200 died when a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner off Ireland in 1915

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