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Making Doctor Who
On 23 November 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who was shown.
Death in the Boxing Ring
In November 1982, the boxer Deuk-Koo Kim died of brain damage after a world title fight.
The Trojan Room Coffee Pot
How a preoccupation with coffee became the inspiration for the first webcam in 1993
The First Panda in America
In 1936 socialite Ruth Harkness and her guide captured a panda cub and took it to the US
How Child Road Deaths Changed the Netherlands
The 1970s road safety campaign which changed the face of the Netherlands.
The Tehran Conference of World War Two
In November 1943 Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill all met together to discuss WW2
Portugal Attacks Guinea
Portuguese soldiers raided the independent West African nation of Guinea in 1970
Murder of Churchwomen in El Salvador
In December 1980 three US nuns and a layworker were killed in El Salvador
Vietnamese Boat People
After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, over a million people fled the country by boat.
Psychiatry and Homosexuality in the USA
How Charles Silverstein challenged the view that homosexuality was a mental illness
Prohibition in the USA
For 14 years it was illegal to sell alcohol in the USA - prohibition only ended in 1933
The Rivonia Trial
In 1964, Nelson Mandela was put on trial for treason with seven other ANC activists
Apartheid in the 1950s
Following the death of Nelson Mandela we remember the system he was fighting against
The ANC's Armed Struggle
In 1961 the African National Congress decided to take up arms against Apartheid
The Soweto Uprising
In 1976 South African police opened fire on schoolchildren protesting in Soweto.
South Africa Wins the Rugby World Cup
When South Africa hosted - and won - the Rugby World Cup in 1995 it unified the country
International Space Station
Bob Cabana and Sergei Krikalev were the first on board the International Space Station.
The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr
In December 1963 the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom
Indonesia Invades East Timor
Days after declaring independence East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975
The Assassination of Spain's Prime Minister
On December 20 1973, the Spanish PM Luis Carrero Blanco, was killed by a massive bomb.
Lockerbie Bombing
In 1988 a bomb, hidden in the hold, exploded when the airliner was above Scotland
Murder in the Amazon
Remembering the Brazilian environmental campaigner Chico Mendes, shot dead in 1988
The MP Who Faked His Own Death
British MP John Stonehouse faked his own death in Miami and reappeared in Australia
Grand Theft Auto
A controversial new computer game designed in Scotland became a surprise hit in 1997
The Murder of Dian Fossey
Gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in her cabin in Rwanda on 26 December 1985
Prison Camp in WW2 Manila, Philippines
Thousands of foreign civilians were interned when Japanese troops invaded in WW2
Anti-Shah Demonstrations in Iran
Millions of people took to the streets of Iran's main cities in December 1978.
Edith Piaf
The life of the legendary French singer remembered by her friends and lovers
The Zapatista Uprising in Mexico
Armed indigenous rebels seized towns in Chiapas, Mexico, on New Year's Day in 1994
The Longest Ever Raft Journey
The Las Balsas expedition saw 12 men set off on three rafts across the Pacific Ocean
Lord Haw Haw - Britain's Most Hated WW2 Traitor
On the 3rd of January 1946 Britain's most famous wartime traitor was hanged.