成人快手

The Mont Blanc Tunnel

In July 1965 an 11-km tunnel dug deep beneath the Alps was opened to traffic

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Nintendo's Family Computer

The home gaming console was a breakthrough in the world of computer games.

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The Killing of Gianni Versace

In July 1997 the Italian fashion designer was shot on the steps of his Florida mansion.

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The Bonus Army

In summer 1932, thousands of American First World War veterans marched on Washington

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US Psychological Warfare in Vietnam

How American military PSYOP teams waged war in Vietnam in the 1960s

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The Welsh Language Act

In July 1967 there was a breakthrough for the Welsh language.

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Khrushchev's Soviet Housing Programme

In the 1960s, many Soviet families moved to a flat of their own for the first time.

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When homosexuality was a crime

Hear one man's story of living in fear before 1967 when Britain legalised homosexuality

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Chiang Kai Shek: The Man Who Lost China

The Chinese civil war remembered by the Nationalist leader's former chief aide.

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Pioneer North Sea Divers

In the 1970s, deep sea divers were at the sharp end of the North Sea oil boom

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The Death of Evita

Remembering Argentina's controversial First Lady Eva Peron, who died on July 26 1952.

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Surviving the "Auschwitz of the Balkans"

Croatian fascists killed Serbs, Jews and Roma people in Jasenovac camp during WW2.

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The Birth of the Water Baby

In 1977 a state hospital near Paris began quietly changing the way women gave birth.

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China's Crackdown on Falun Gong

In July 1999, the Chinese government banned the spiritual movement Falun Gong

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The Camp David Summit

In 2000 the US led a major effort to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Discovering The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Charles Moore recalls how he came across the world's largest floating rubbish dump.

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The Murder of Naji al-Ali

The acclaimed Palestinian cartoonist was gunned down in London in 1987

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The Calcutta Killings of 1946

Exactly a year before Indian independence there were deadly riots in the city of Calcutta

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Florence Nightingale

The "lady with the lamp" died on August 13th 1910.

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Reagan's Bombing Joke

"We begin bombing in five minutes" said the US President in 1984. But he was only joking

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Germany's Nudists

How East Germans went naked on the beaches despite official communist party disapproval.

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Nike and the Sweatshop Problem

In the 1990s Nike got a bad name after being linked to sweatshops in Asia.

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The Buenos Aires Herald

The English-language newspaper was credited with standing up to Argentina's dictatorship.

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The Division of Cyprus

In August 1974, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus for a second time cutting the island in two

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Rabindranath Tagore

The "Bard of Bengal" died on August the 7th 1941.

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The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials

A German court put Nazi war criminals on trial 20 years after the end of World War Two

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The Discovery of Botox

How an ophthalmologist and a dermatologist discovered that a toxin could stop wrinkles

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Medicine In World War One

Veterans tell the story of how medical care dealt with the horrors of WW1

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The Rostock-Lichtenhagen Riots

A home for asylum seekers was set on fire in the German city of Rostock in August 1992

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Notting Hill Race Riot

The racial disturbances in west London which shocked Britain in 1958.

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