成人快手

Pavarotti's UK Debut

On May 7th 1963 Luciano Pavarotti first perfomed on a British stage, in Northern Ireland

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The Secret US Bombing of Cambodia

In May 1969 the New York Times revealed that US war planes were secretly bombing Cambodia

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FA Cup - The Matthews Final

It is 60 years since England's football legend Stanley Matthews led his team to victory

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The Arctic Convoys

Allied ships battled arctic storms, bombers and U-boats to ferry supplies to Russia in WW2

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The Great Gatsby

Author F. Scott Fitzgerald as remembered by two close personal links

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Polish Protests in 1968

As rebellion swept across Europe, Polish students called for democratic change in Poland

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Announcing an Ethiopian Coup

The journalist who became an unwitting voice against Ethiopian ruler Col. Mengistu

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The Death of Marlene Dietrich

It is 21 years since screen star Marlene Dietrich died in Paris at the age of 90

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Dambusters

A crewman's account of the famous British raid on Hitler's dams in 1943.

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Protect and Survive

In May 1980 the British government published a booklet on how to survive nuclear war

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The Murder of Aldo Moro

It is 35 years since the Italian Prime Minister, Aldo Moro was found dead in a car in Rome

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The Watergate Hearings

The scandal which lead to President Richard Nixon standing down 40 years ago

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Africa United

The leaders of 32 newly-independent African countries met to discuss uniting the continent

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Israel withdraws from Lebanon

A senior UN official recalls Israel's hasty withdrawl from southern Lebanon in 2000.

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Liberace

A film-maker remembers the flamboyant pianist and entertainer immortalised in a new film.

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The Rite of Spring

100 years ago, the premiere of a Stravinsky ballet caused a riot in Paris.

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The Ascent of Everest

How Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing conquered the world's highest mountain in 1953.

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The New Deal

Eighty years ago, Franklin D Roosevelt promised to rescue the US from the Great Depression

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The Queen's Coronation

Two Maids of Honour remember the crowning of Queen Elizabeth the Second in London in 1953.

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The Nepali Royal Massacre

Twelve years ago, the Crown Prince of Nepal massacred his family at the royal palace

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Bristol Bus Boycott

How a protest by black activists in 1963 led to the UK's first anti-racism laws

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The Oklahoma Bomber

Twelve years ago, Timothy McVeigh was executed for carrying out the 1995 Oklahoma bombing

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Stalin's Gulag

Millions of people were sent to brutal labour camps in the USSR under Joseph Stalin

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Robert Kennedy's Funeral Train

How huge crowds of Americans mourned Bobby Kennedy after his 1968 assassination.

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The Mau Mau Rebellion

Britain's disturbing abuses against the Mau Mau in colonial Kenya

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Escape from Alcatraz

In June 1962 three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail.

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Nigeria's Lost Election

The election of Chief MKO Abiola 20 years ago, which was annulled by the military

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Post-war Berlin

A child's eye view of life in Berlin in the aftermath of World War II

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The Pentagon Papers

In 1971 one man leaked thousands of pages of secret US government documents to the press.

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Gay Marriage

The first gay marriage in America took place more than 40 years ago in Minnesota.

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