Andrei Sakharov

On 23 December, 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow

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Christmas Truce

When British and German troops sang carols, exchanged gifts and played football together

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Jamaica Slave Rebellion

The rebellion was brutally crushed, but it had a significant impact

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The Great Escape

One of the Great Escapees from a German prisoner of war camp speaks out

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Assad and Syria

It is 40 years since Hafez al Assad seized power in Syria.

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Hamlet

Hamlet - by William Shakespeare - is still popular four centuries after it was written.

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Chiapas Uprising

On January 1 1994 indigenous people in southern Mexico began their rebellion.

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Alaska statehood

On January 3 1959 Alaska finally became a fully fledged member state of the USA.

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LBJ State of Nation

US President Lyndon B Johnson makes his first State of the Nation address.

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Afghanistan's Secret Schools for Girls

How Afghan women resisted the Taliban's efforts to prohibit education for girls

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Sudan's civil war

In 1983 a civil war broke out in Sudan which would last for more than 20 years.

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Clinton impeachment

On January 7 1999 the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton began in the US Senate

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Bojinka Airline Plot

The Manila-based plot to blow up a dozen airliners over the Pacific Ocean

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Crossing the Rubicon

When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river 2,000 years ago he changed history

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Cryonic freezing

In 1967 a group of enthusiasts first tried to cryonically freeze a human being.

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Wikipedia - 10 years on

It is 10 years since the Wikipedia online encyclopedia was launched

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Football wages

We take you back to 1961 when the cap on football wages was abolished in England

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Kindertransport - Oliver's story

The story of a boy who escaped Nazi Germany on a kindertransport train heading for Britain

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Crossing Antarctica

In January 1997 Borge Ousland became the first person to cross the Antarctic alone

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Palomares nuclear accident

How a B-52 bomber crashed on the Spanish coast while carrying four nuclear weapons.

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Ben Ali Comes to Power in Tunisia

The story of how Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali came to power in Tunisia

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Execution of Louis XVI

On 21 January 1793 the French king, Louis XVI was executed in Paris

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Funeral of Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill, the British wartime leader, died on 24 January, 1965

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Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

One of the worst maritime disasters in history - the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

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Conflict in Somalia

In January 1991 the government of Siad Barre in Somalia, collapsed

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Siege of Sidney Street

The bloody battle between British police and a group of revolutionaries in London in 1911

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The siege of Leningrad

Hundreds of thousands of civilians died of starvation during the siege of Leningrad.

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The North Sea Flood

On the last day of January 1953 high tides and storms brought a huge flood to Holland.

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Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins

A simple non-violent action to protest against racial segregation in restaurants and shops

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Death of Sid Vicious

The last days of punk icon, Sid Vicious, in New York in 1979

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