成人快手

Couch to 5K

The birth of the running programme that got millions off their sofas and out jogging

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The Assassinaton Attempt that Sparked a Middle East War

In 1982, a Palestinian gunman attacked the Israeli ambassador to London, Shlomo Argov

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The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt

In June 1968, students in Belgrade rebelled against Yugoslavia's 'market socialism'

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The Death of General Sani Abacha

Nigeria's military ruler died suddenly in June 1998.

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The Execution of Adolf Eichmann

Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in the early hours of June 1st 1962

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Korea Divided

The Korean peninsula was split between North and South at the end of World War Two.

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The Beginning of the Korean War

North Korean communist troops invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950.

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The GI Who Chose China

After the Korean war ended a few American prisoners chose to try life under communism.

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The Unified Korean Table Tennis Team

How ping pong brought together athletes from bitter rivals North and South Korea.

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The Death of Kim Il-sung

The founding father of communist North Korea died in July 1994.

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The Battered Child

The American doctor who forced the medical profession to face up to child abuse.

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Bata the Shoemaker's Revolution

Bata, a Czech company, pioneered assembly line shoemaking

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Wittenoom: An Australian Tragedy

How a town built around an asbestos mine made its residents fatally ill.

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Demoted For Being Gay

When the Israeli Army punished Colonel Uzi Even for being gay, he fought back.

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How the World Woke Up to Global Warming

James Hansen got US politicians to listen to his warnings about climate change in 1988.

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The King of Lampedusa

How 4,000 Italian troops surrendered to a young Jewish pilot from London, during WW2.

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Veronica Guerin - Dying for the Story

The Irish journalist murdered for her work exposing drug barons in the 1990s

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The SARS Emergency

Early 2003 saw a medical emergency sweep across the world.

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Whiskey On The Rocks

The Cold War stand-off when a Soviet submarine was stranded on a Swedish rock.

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The President and the Gun Lobby

Former President George Bush Senior's public row with the National Rifle Association.

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The Search For Deep Throat

In July 2005, the most famous informant in American history Deep Throat revealed himself

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Flight 655: When The US Shot Down An Airliner

All 290 on board were killed when a US warship downed an Iranian passenger jet in 1988

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The Toilet

The controversial art installation which upset Russians but is now seen as a masterpiece

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Playgrounds Made of Junk

Post-war Britain saw a rise in "adventure playgrounds" born out of bomb-sites

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Kosovo: 'Madeleine's War'

Ex-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on why she argued for Nato action in Kosovo

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Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Published in 1958 the Nigerian writer's first novel revolutionised African fiction.

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Smiling Buddha: India's First Nuclear Test

How India secretly developed and exploded its first atomic device in 1974

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The Spiegel Affair

How a magazine article about West Germany's defence strategy led to a government crisis.

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Italy's 'Ghost Shipwreck'

How journalists located the wreck of a boat that capsized killing nearly 300 migrants

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The Killing of the Russian Tsar

The Russian Tsar and his family were shot in a cellar in Yekaterinburg on 17 July 1918

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