成人快手

Save the Whale

On June 27th 1975 Greenpeace activists launched their first direct action against whalers

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The Filming of Jaws

It is 40 years since the blockbuster movie about a man-eating shark was released

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Helen Keller

A childhood illness left Helen Keller deaf and blind - but she still learned to speak

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The Berlin Love Parade

On 1 July 1989, 150 dancers set off on a demonstration for 'peace, love and pancakes'

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Red Cross Visits Nazi Concentration Camp

In 1944 the International Red Cross was allowed into Theresienstadt concentration camp

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German Re-Armament

In the 1930s Hitler began to rebuild Germany's air force.

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Escape from the KGB

In July 1985, Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking Soviet spy defected to the UK

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The Death of General Sani Abacha

The Doctor who tried to save Nigeria's Military Ruler.

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Tamil Doctors and the Sri Lankan War

In July 2009 doctors were forced to re-assess the number of casualties in the war.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

In 1967 the best-selling Latin American novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was published.

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The Death of MKO Abiola

Nigerian opposition leader died suddenly days before his expected release from prison

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The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

In July 1945, the American warship was torpedoed in the shark-infested Pacific Ocean.

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Marie Curie

Winner of two Nobel prizes for her pioneering research into radioactivity

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James Salter: Writer and Pilot

The acclaimed American author recalls his time as a US fighter pilot during the Korean War

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Poison Gas in WW1

Soldiers who witnessed gas attacks recount their experiences in archive recordings

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The Manhattan Project

The first ever nuclear weapon was detonated by scientists in the USA on 16 July 1945

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Ghiggia: Uruguay鈥檚 World Cup Hero

Alcides Ghiggia scored a famous goal for Uruguay in a match at Brazil鈥檚 Maracana stadium

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CIA Mind Control Experiments

In the 1950s the CIA began attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients.

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Tehran's Red Light District

In July 1979 Iran's new Islamic government closed down Tehran's red-light district.

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The Death of Walter Rodney

In 1980, the Guyanese opposition leader Dr Walter Rodney was killed in a bomb explosion.

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The Tulia Drug Bust

A drug sting in a small Texas town in 1999 went badly wrong and caused a national scandal

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Britain's Landslide 1945 Election

In July 1945 Labour won a surprise victory, defeating war-time leader Winston Churchill

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Chilean Students Set on Fire

Chilean soldiers attacked and burnt two students during protests in July 1986.

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Scouts in the Warsaw Uprising

On 1 August 1944, the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation of Poland began

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First Inter-racial Kiss on TV

In July 1964, a white actor and a black actress, kissed, live, on a British TV show

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Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

In August 1960 the controversial Oscar-nominated psychological thriller was released

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Afghanistan's First Coup

In July 1973 military officers staged a coup which toppled the monarchy in Afghanistan

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First Cochlear Implant

In August 1978 an Australian doctor successfully fitted a multi-channel cochlear implant.

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The Plot to Kill Iranian Writers

In August 1996 in Iran, there was a plot to kill 21 writers on a bus jouney to Armenia

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The Bombing of Hiroshima

A Japanese schoolgirl tells her story of surviving the US nuclear attack on Hiroshima

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