成人快手

Hitler's beer hall putsch

Adolf Hitler made his first attempt to take power in Germany in 1923

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The Turner Diaries - America's manual of hatred

The white supremacist novel by William Pierce which has been blamed for inciting violence

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Kenya's pioneering publisher

Dr Henry Chakava made it his life's mission to publish in African languages.

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Fighting for justice for India's Sikhs

Anti-Sikh violence flared in India after the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984

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Egypt's Facebook Girl

How social media was used to organise against Egypt's government before the Arab Spring

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Syria in the Arab Spring

The moment that hundreds of thousands of Syrians demanded change in 2011.

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Yemen's 2011 uprising

Inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt young Yemenis took to the streets in January 2011

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Libya's Arab uprising

In 2011 protests soon turned into an armed revolt seeking to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi.

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The anthem of the Arab Spring

How a singer in Tunisia helped inspire young protestors all over the Middle East in 2011

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The first Eurostar from England to France

The driver of the first train to take passengers from London to Paris remembers

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The Moscow State Circus

The biggest circus in Soviet Russia opened in Moscow in April 1971.

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The Burma uprising of 1988

People took to the streets of Burma, or Myanmar, to protest against military rule in 1988

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Drugs in the Vietnam War

How a heroin epidemic among US troops in Vietnam caused panic in the military

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General Robert E Lee: US Civil War rebel

Lee was charged with treason, so why did Congress reinstate his citizenship in 1975?

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DES Daughters

A medical scandal which affected millions of women around the world

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Francis Bacon in the archives

The painter Francis Bacon was known for his disturbing images and bohemian lifestyle

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The paper that helped the homeless

The 'Street News' paper was sold by homeless people in New York at a profit to earn money

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A Ghanaian nurse's story

Nurses from outside the UK form a vital part of the country's medical workforce

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How US 'smart bombs' hit an Iraqi air raid shelter in the first Gulf War

More than 400 civilians died when US bombs hit the Amiriya air raid shelter in Baghdad

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Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part one

How researchers in London uncovered the story of Britain's forgotten slave owners

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Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part two

The story of Britain's forgotten slave owners and the people they enslaved

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The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

The story of a woman who played a largely unsung role in countless medical breakthroughs

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Free breakfasts with the Black Panthers

How the revolutionary black rights organisation started serving breakfast to children

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Mary Wilson

The American singer died on 8th February 2021

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Acid rain

How the world woke up to the threat from acid rain

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Ireland's bank bailout

In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis Ireland had to borrow billions

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The fall of Kwame Nkrumah

How one of Africa's most famous independence leaders was overthrown in 1966

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The WW2 airman from Sierra Leone

Johnny Smythe was one of very few West Africans to fly with Britain's airforce during WW2

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Banning landmines

A landmark treaty banning anti-personnel landmines was agreed in 1997

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The world's deepest dive 11km down

Don Walsh was the first to go to the very bottom of the deepest part of the ocean in 1960

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