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Indonesia's forest fires

Forest fires in Indonesia caused huge damage and a dense smog across South East Asia

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Discovering Hale Bopp

The Hale Bopp Comet was discovered in 1995 which resulted in advances in science

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The nightclub that changed Ibiza

In June 1973, the nightclub Pacha opened in Ibiza and it changed the island forever

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India's Partition - Part One

Saleem was five when his family escaped to the new Muslim country of Pakistan in 1947

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India's Partition - Part Two

Chandra Joashi was caught on the wrong side of the border during India's partition

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The last Viceroy of India

The daughter of the last British viceroy in India remembers the transfer of power in 1947

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The death of Jawaharlal Nehru

The death of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru

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The Bard of Bengal

Rabindranath Tagore was one of India's greatest poets. He died in August 1941

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Bulgaria's cash crisis

How an American economist helped save Bulgaria from financial collapse.

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Hundreds die in Darayya

The siege of the Darayya, Syria, in which hundreds of people died

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The Gay Games

The first ever Gay Games were held 40 years ago

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The 'Nixon Shock' and the end of the Gold Standard

In 1971, the US President, Richard Nixon, abandoned the Gold Standard

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India's onion election

In 1980 Indira Gandhi came into power in India, it became known as the "onion election"

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Marikana Massacre

On 16 August 2012, police shot dead 34 striking miners at a platinum mine in South Africa

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The 'Last Indian'

The story of a Native American called Ishi who spent decades in hiding

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Princess Diana dances with John Travolta

Princess Diana dances at the White House with the star of Saturday Night Fever

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Mikhail Gorbachev: Perestroika

Reform in the Soviet Union, known as Perestroika, was launched in 1987

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Mikhail Gorbachev: Release of Irina Ratushinskaya

The imprisonment and release of dissident poet Irina Ratushinskaya

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Doomed hero of Brazilian democracy

The death of Brazil's president-elect Tancredo Neves.

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The murder that shocked Brazil

In 2002 investigative journalist, Tim Lopes, was brutally killed by a Brazilian drug gang

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Building of Brasilia

How Brazil opened a modernist capital city in 1960

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The Candelaria child massacre

The murder of eight homeless children outside the Candelaria church in Rio De Janeiro

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The car that charmed Brazil

How the Fusca charmed Brazil

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The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Two Maids of Honour at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II recall their memories

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Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Derby

The Coronation Derby of 1953

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Windsor Castle fire

How a fire devastated Queen Elizabeth II's weekend home in 1992

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When the Queen opened Buckingham Palace

Queen Elizabeth II first opened her home to the paying public on 7 August 1993

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The last days of Queen Victoria

Witness History looks back on Queen Victoria's last days in 1901

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World War Two child evacuees in Britain

The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs

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Ancient fossils give new insight

A student discovered fossils in 1967 helping our understanding of the world's evolution

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