成人快手

Last Days of Nasser

A chauffeur recalls the dramatic final days of President Nasser of Egypt.

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The Battle of Cable Street

How ordinary Londoners turned the tide against British fascism in October 1936.

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The fall of Slobodan Milosevic

When protestors stormed the Yugoslav parliament - President Milosevic stepped down

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Thai student killings 1976

How a student protest 30 years ago, led to bloodshed in the Thai capital

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The death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko

When Steve Biko died in police custody, the South African government lied about his death

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Che Guevara

On the 9th of October 1967 Che Guevara was killed by armed forces in the Bolivian jungle.

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Asylums

A special edition of Witness looks at life inside psychiatric institutions of the past.

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Bali Bombs

Bomb attacks shatter the Indonesian island of Bali, eight years ago today.

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Brazil prison massacre

How the Brazilian police killed 111 prisoners during a riot in a Sao Paulo jail.

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Olympic protest 1968

At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, two black American athletes staged a protest

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Land Speed Record

On October 15 1997, a British team set a land speed record which still hasn't been beaten.

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Pinochet Case

General Pinochet's surprise arrest at a London clinic in 1998

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Wall Street Crash of 1987

The biggest one-day crash in the history of the New York Stock Exchange

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Charlie Chaplin's film The Great Dictator

In October 1940 Charlie Chaplin released an epic film mocking Adolf Hitler

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Kuwait oil fires 1991

A Texan firefighter recalls the battle in Kuwait against the world's biggest oil fire

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Hungarian Uprising

In the autumn of 1956 Hungarians shook off Soviet power for a few days at least.

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The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854

Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred.

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Storming the Winter Palace, 1917

The Russian Revolution gets underway in St Petersburg

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Mullah Omar

Talking to the leader of the Taliban

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Living through the Cuban Missile Crisis - in Cuba

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Death of the Dodo

Why did the Dodo - a flightless bird - become extinct?

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Rhine Pollution

An industrial accident on the banks of the Rhine in 1986, turned the river red

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Rhine Pollution

An industrial accident on the banks of the Rhine in 1986, turned the river red

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Election of JFK

Ted Sorensen, speechwriter to John F Kennedy, died at the weekend.

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The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover 1960

Is it a book you would even wish your wives and servants to read?

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Rabin Assassination

It is exactly 15 years since the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.

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Burma Elections

What was it like to vote in Burma's last general election in 1990?

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Suez canal invasion 1956

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

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Suez canal invasion 1956

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

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Blasted

It is 15 years since the play Blasted first shocked theatregoers

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