Rhine Pollution

An industrial accident on the banks of the Rhine in 1986, turned the river red

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Rhine Pollution

An industrial accident on the banks of the Rhine in 1986, turned the river red

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Election of JFK

Ted Sorensen, speechwriter to John F Kennedy, died at the weekend.

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The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover 1960

Is it a book you would even wish your wives and servants to read?

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Rabin Assassination

It is exactly 15 years since the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.

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Burma Elections

What was it like to vote in Burma's last general election in 1990?

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Suez canal invasion 1956

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

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Suez canal invasion 1956

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

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Blasted

It is 15 years since the play Blasted first shocked theatregoers

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The Young Benazir Bhutto

Why did she follow her father into politics?

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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

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Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

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Greek Student Protest 1973

The story of the Greek military junta's brutal suppression of a student protest in 1973

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Piracy Trial

A piracy trial makes history in 19th century America

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World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

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World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

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World War I poetry

On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

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15/11/2010

The story of our times told by the people who were there.

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The Roswell incident

The most famous reported encounter with aliens of our time

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Coventry blitz

It is 70 years since the German bombing of Coventry destroyed much of the city.

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15/11/2010

The story of our times told by the people who were there.

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Coventry blitz

It is 70 years since the German bombing of Coventry destroyed much of the UK city.

• 10 mins

Dayton Peace Accords

The story of how the Bosnian war was brought to an end

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Afghan Prison Massacre

The story of the bloody suppression of an uprising by Taliban prisoners in an Afghan jail

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Mishima Suicide

Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima's dramatic decision to end his life.

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Freddie Mercury

The last days of Freddie Mercury battle with Aids

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Inca defeat

How the great Inca empire was brought to its knees - almost 500 years ago.

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Tomb of Tutankhamun

In late November 1922 the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was uncovered

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Channel Tunnel

The moment of breakthrough for the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France

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