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Bradford riots

It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England

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The space shuttle

It is more than 30 years since the launch of the first space shuttle

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Boycott of The Sun newspaper

How the people of Liverpool boycotted Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in the UK

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The Srebrenica massacre

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica

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Battle of Britain

A Battle of Britain pilot reflects on being shot down and almost drowning in the sea

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The Crusaders capture Jerusalem

The tale of the momentous and bloody capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099

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The opening of Disneyland

In July 1955 the first ever Disney theme park was opened in California

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The death of Tom Simpson

In July 1967 British cyclist Tom Simpson, rode himself to death on the Tour de France

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Rupert Murdoch, the early years

Rupert Murdoch's career in the media began in the Australian town of Adelaide in the 1950s

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The Genoa riots of 2001

It is 10 years since protests against a G8 summit turned violent on the streets of Genoa

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Libyan prison massacre

In 1996 over a thousand prisoners were killed at a jail in Tripoli

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Moroccan exodus

In 1961 hundreds of Jewish children were smuggled from Morocco to Israel

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The Kitchen Debate

In July 1959, two Cold War leaders argued over whose system was best

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Telstar

Fifty years since the first transatlantic broadcast

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Christian the Lion

The story of two Australians who berfriended a lion in London, and freed him in Africa

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Picasso

Sixty years ago a young art historian got to know the greatest painter in the world

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The Shipbuilders' Clydeside "Work-In"

How Scottish workers took over their shipyards and warded off the threat of closure

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MTV turns 30

It is 30 years since the launch of the first 24 hour music TV channel

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Peace Activist Samantha Smith

A child dreams of world peace and writes a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union

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Bologna bomb

In August 1980 a huge bomb destroyed much of Bologna railway station in Italy

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The Voyage of the Kon-Tiki

In 1947 a Norwegian adventurer sailed across the Pacific on a wooden raft

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Exodus of Asians from Uganda

In 1972 the dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians had 90 days to leave Uganda

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Britain's first nudist beach

In August 1979 the seaside town of Brighton decided to open a nudist beach

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Wayne Gretzky

He was a Canadian sporting superstar but in 1988 he was sold to an American team

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Expulsion of the Chagos Islanders

A Chagos Islander talks of Britain's expulsion of his people from their homeland.

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Napster

It is 10 years since the closure of the world's first music-sharing website - Napster

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The Building of the Berlin Wall

On 13 August 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers began the Berlin Wall

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The Goons

It is 60 years since The Goon Show first hit the airwaves

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The Great Depression

During the 1930s the people of the US faced widespread economic hardship

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The Hungarian Picnic

The picnic that led to the first breaches of the Iron Curtain in 1989

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