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Kazakh uprising
In December 1986 Kazakhs began protesting against Moscow's rule.
Bangladesh wins independence
An inside account of the moment Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Spice Girls
Christmas 1996 and the Spice Girls are number one. 'Girl Power' is taking over the world.
The British Miners' strike
Christmas 1984 - a time of hardship for the protesters against the closure of coal mines
Concert for Bangladesh
In 1971 the first big rock benefit gig was organised by former Beatle, George Harrison.
Billy Graham
How the world's best known evangelist began preaching internationally.
The Christmas Truce
On Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
The sinking of the Scharnhorst
She was one of Germany's greatest battleships during World War II.
The release of Sakharov
In December 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow.
Enid Blyton and the 成人快手
The difficult relationship between the 成人快手 and the children's writer, Enid Blyton.
The Creation of Tetris
One of the most popular computer games ever was invented in Moscow in 1984
US troops in Iraq
All US troops have now left Iraq. We take you back to when they first invaded in 2003.
Birth of the Euro
How millions of Europeans celebrated the launch of the euro in 2002.
The capture of the USS Pueblo
In January 1968 an American spy ship was captured by North Korean forces.
The Hollywood blacklist
A list of radicals in the US entertainment industry was published more than 60 years ago.
Project Stormfury
Fifty years ago the USA launched an ambitious attempt to control the weather.
Charter 77
Taking you back 35 years when an opposition movement began in Czechoslovakia.
Crossing the Rubicon
Over 2000 years ago Julius Caesar made a decision which changed European history.
The death of Emperor Hirohito
When the Japanese Emperor died in 1989 it marked the end of an era.
Zola and the Dreyfus affair
In 1898 the novelist Emile Zola took up the cause of a Jewish prisoner - Alfred Dreyfus.
Perez de Cuellar goes to Baghdad
In January 1991 the UN Secretary General tried to avert the first Gulf War.
Folsom Prison Blues
In January 1968 the country legend Johnny Cash recorded a concert in a high-security jail.
Vietnam draft pardon
In January 1977 President Jimmy Carter said draft dodgers could come home.
The Great Brinks Robbery
In 1950 a Boston gang stole over $2.5m and they almost got away with it.
The Warsaw ghetto
On 18 January 1943 German soldiers began a final drive to empty the Polish capital of Jews
Roe v Wade
In January 1973 abortion was legalised across the USA.
The Wannsee conference
It is 70 years since senior Nazi officials met to plan the killing of European Jews.
Jackson Pollock
It is one hundred years since the great American abstract painter was born.
Japanese soldier in hiding
In January 1972 a Japanese soldier was found in the jungle of Guam.
The rise of Hitler
On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin.
The Challenger disaster
In January 1986 a space shuttle launch went horribly wrong.